Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_and_Cooperation_(Timor-Leste)

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (East Timor)

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (East Timor)

Ministry in the government of East Timor

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (MFAC; Portuguese: Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros e Cooperação Timor-Leste, Tetum: Ministeriu Negosiu Estranjeiru no Kooperasaun) is the government department of East Timor accountable for foreign affairs.

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Functions

The Ministry is responsible for the design, implementation, coordination and evaluation of policy for the following areas:[1]

  • foreign policy and international cooperation; and
  • consular functions and the promotion and defense of the interests of Timorese citizens abroad.

History

The Ministry was created in 2002.[1] Its headquarters, built with the assistance of Chinese funding, are located on Avenida Portugal in Dili.[2]

Minister

The incumbent Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation is Bendito Freitas [de].[3]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Structure of the VIII Constitutional Government". Government of Timor-Leste. Retrieved 25 March 2022. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. [2]
    Sahin, Selver B. (1 August 2014). "Timor-Leste's Foreign Policy: Securing State Identity in the Post-Independence Period". Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs. 33 (2): 3–25. doi:10.1177/186810341403300201. ISSN 1868-1034.
  3. [3]
    Martins, Filomeno (30 June 2023). "The list of structure of IX Constitutional Government announced in Official Gazette". Tatoli. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
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