Pejabat Ekonomi dan Kebudayaan Taipei | |
Agency overview | |
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Formed | 1974 (as Far East Travel and Trade Centre)
[1] 1988 (as Taipei Economic and Cultural Centre) [2] 1992 (as Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Malaysia) [1] |
Jurisdiction | ![]() |
Headquarters | Kuala Lumpur |
Agency executive | |
Website | Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Malaysia |
The Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Malaysia ( Chinese: 馬來西亞台北經濟文化辦事處; pinyin: Zhù Mǎláixīyà Táiběi Jīngjì Wénhuà Bànshì Chù) ( Malay: Pejabat Ekonomi dan Kebudayaan Taipei) is the representative office of Taiwan in Malaysia, which functions as a de facto embassy in the absence of diplomatic relations.
Its counterpart body in Taiwan is the Malaysian Friendship and Trade Centre in Taipei. [4]
The office was established in 1974 as the Far East Travel and Trade Centre. [1] Until that year, Taiwan, as the Republic of China, had a Consulate-General in Kuala Lumpur. [5] This had previously been established as a Consulate in 1964, before being upgraded to a Consulate-General five years later. [6]
However, this was closed after Malaysia established full diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China. [7] The office was upgraded in 1988, and renamed the Taipei Economic and Cultural Centre. [2] It adopted its present name in 1992. [1]