The Taipei Economic and Cultural Office, Prague (; cs, Tchajpejská hospodářská a kulturní kancelář v Praze) represents the interests of

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in the

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in the absence of formal diplomatic relations, functioning as a ''de facto'' embassy. Its counterpart is the Czech Economic and Cultural Office, which was established in November 1993.

Background

The aim of the representative office is to further bilateral cooperation between Czech Republic and Taiwan in the fields of economics, culture, education and research. In addition, it offers consular services. On 4 July 1991, Taiwan and

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reached a mutual location agreement and on 7 August, the economic and cultural office was established in Prague, the capital of Czechoslovakia, becoming the second representative office to be established in

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and

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. The office successively set up business, consular affairs, economic, cultural, and science and technology groups for related affairs. Following the

dissolution of Czechoslovakia The dissolution of Czechoslovakia ( cs, Rozdělení Československa, sk, Rozdelenie Česko-Slovenska) took effect on December 31, 1992, and was the self-determined split of the federal republic of Czechoslovakia into the independent countries o ...

, the office became responsible for affairs related to the

. In September 2023, the office opened a cultural division.

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