The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China (MOFA; traditional Chinese: 中華民國外交部; pinyin: Zhōnghuá Mínguó Wàijiāobù) is a cabinet level policy-making body, governed under the Executive Yuan of the Republic of China. The fundamental purpose of the ministry is to promote, expand, and conduct bilateral foreign affairs with other nations. It is in charge of interactions between the Republic of China and foreign countries. The current Foreign Minister is Timothy Yang.
Administration
MOFA is composed of the following departmental structure. [1]
Departmental Structure
- Secretariat
- Department of East Asian and Pacific Affairs
- Department of West Asian Affairs
- Department of African Affairs
- Department of European Affairs
- Department of North American Affairs
- Department of Latin American and Caribbean Affairs
- Department of Treaty and Legal Affairs
- Department of International Organizations
- Department of Information and Cultural Affairs
- Department of Protocol
- Department of Economic and Trade Affairs
- Department of General Affairs
- Department of Archives and Information Management
- Office of Telecommunication Services
- Department of Personnel
- Department of Government Ethics
- Department of Accounting
- Legislative Liaison Unit
- Research and Planning Committee
- Foreign Service Institute
- Bureau of Consular Affairs
- Association of East Asian Relations
- Coordination Council for North American Affairs
- NGO Affairs Committee
Diplomatic Relations
The 
Republic of China has diplomatic relations with 23 countries. [2]
East Asia and Pacific
Central and South America
Africa
Europe
For countries that the Republic of China do not have formal diplomatic relations, these offices are refer to as Taipei Economic and Cultural Office, Taipei Economic and Cultural Representatives Office or Taipei Representative Offices. [3]
- Embassy of the Republic of NAURU
- Embassy of Saint Christopher and Nevis
- Embassy of BURKINA FASO
- Embassy of the Republic of EL SALVADOR
- Embassy of BELIZE
- Embassy of the Republic of PALAU
- Embassy of the Republic of the MARSHALL Islands
- Embassy of the Republic of the GAMBIA
- Embassy of the Republic of HONDURAS
- Embassy of SOLOMON Islands
- Embassy of the Republic of PARAGUAY
- Embassy of Democratic Republic of SAO TOME and PRINCIPE
- Embassy of the Republic of PANAMA
- Embassy of the DOMINICAN Republic
- Embassy of the Kingdom of SWAZILand
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Guatemala
Paraguay
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Belize
El Salvador
Haiti
Nicaragua
Dominican Republic
Honduras
Panama
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
