Jurisdiction Colombia
Venezuela | Headquarters Bogotá, Colombia | |
Agency executive Yeh De-guey, Representative Website Oficina Económica y Cultural de Taipei en Colombia | ||
The Taipei Commercial Office in Bogotá, Colombia; (Chinese: 駐哥倫比亞代表處; pinyin: Zhù Gēlúnbǐyǎ Dàibiǎo Chù) (Spanish: Oficina Comercial de Taipei en Bogotá, Colombia) represents the interests of Taiwan in Colombia in the absence of formal diplomatic relations, functioning as a de facto embassy.
Until 1980, Colombia recognised Taiwan as the Republic of China, which, in addition to its Embassy in Bogotá, had a Consulate General in Barranquilla. In that year, it established diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China.
There is no longer a counterpart organisation in Taipei, although a Colombian Trade Office was established in 1993. This operated until 2002.
The Office is headed by a Representative, Yeh De-guey.
It also has responsibility for relations with Venezuela. These were previously handled by the Oficina Economica de Taipei in Caracas, established in 1974, but closed in 2009. This was following tensions with the government of Hugo Chavez, which had close ties with the People's Republic of China, and which refused to renew the visas of the office's staff.