Agency Name: | Ulaanbaatar Trade and Economic Representative Office Mongolian: Улаанбаатар хотын худалдаа эдийн засгийн төлөөлөгчийн газар Mongolian: Ulaanbaatar Khotyn Khudaldaa Ediin Zasgiin Tölöölögchiin Gazar |
Nativename: | 駐台北烏蘭巴托貿易經濟代表處 |
Formed: | 2003 |
Headquarters: | Taipei |
Chief1 Name: | Elbeg Samdan |
Chief1 Position: | Representative[1] |
The Ulaanbaatar Trade and Economic Representative Office (Mongolian: '''Улаанбаатар Хотын Худалдаа Эдийн Засгийн Төлөөлөгчийн Газар''', Mongolian: '''Ulaanbaatar Khotyn Khudaldaa Ediin Zasgiin Tölöölögchiin Gazar'''), is the representative office of Mongolia in Taiwan, functioning as a de facto embassy in the absence of diplomatic relations.
Its counterpart is the Taipei Trade and Economic Representative Office in Ulaanbaatar.[2] The Taiwan External Trade Development Council previously established a Taiwan Trade Center in June 2002.
See also: Sino-Soviet Treaty of Friendship and Alliance and 1945 Mongolian independence referendum.
The ROC recognized Mongolia's independence on 14 August 1945 and revoked on 24 February 1953 after the Soviet Union supported the Communists. It re-recognized Mongolia's independence on 3 October 2002 and the representative office was established in December 2003.[3]