The Taipei Representative Office, Bratislava (Chinese: 駐斯洛伐克臺北代表處; pinyin: Zhù Sīluòfkè Táiběi dài biǎo chǔ; Slovak: Taipejská reprezentačná kancelária, Bratislava) represents the interests of Taiwan in the Slovakia in the absence of formal diplomatic relations, functioning as a de facto embassy.
[2] Its counterpart is the Slovak Economic and Cultural Office in Taipei, which was established in September 2003.
[3] The aim of the representative office is to further bilateral cooperation between Slovakia and Taiwan in the fields of economics, culture, education and research.
[4][5] Following the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1992, the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Prague was assigned to the Czech Republic.
[6] On 1 August 2003, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China established the representative office in the Slovak capital city of Bratislava, and at the same time also established business and economic groups for responsibility in related affairs.