Agency executive Talat Ibrahim Muslimani, President Website Saudi Arabian Trade Office in Taipei | ||
The Saudi Arabian Trade Office in Taipei (Arabic: المكتب التجاري في المملكة العربية السعودية في تايبيه Almaktab Alttijari fi Almamlakat Alearabiat Alssaeudiat fi Tayibih) (Chinese: 沙烏地阿拉伯商務辦事處; pinyin: Shā Wū Dì Ālābó Shāngwù Bànshì Chù) represents the interests of Saudi Arabia in Taiwan in the absence of formal diplomatic relations, functioning as a de facto embassy.
History
Until 1990, Saudi Arabia had diplomatic relations with Taiwan as the Republic of China, and had an Embassy in Taipei. However, in that year, it recognised the People's Republic of China.
Its counterpart in Saudi Arabia is the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in Riyadh. Both offices were set up in 1991, following the signing of a secret memorandum six months after the severing of diplomatic relations.
The Office is headed by the President, Talat Ibrahim Muslimani.