Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (Timor-Leste)

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
  • Ministerio dos Negócios Estrangeiros e Cooperação (Portuguese)
  • Ministeriu Negósius Estranjeirus no Kooperasaun (Tetum)
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Agency overview
Formed1975 (1975) / 2002
JurisdictionGovernment of Timor-Leste
HeadquartersAvenida de Portugal, Dili [de]
8°32′53″S 125°33′22″E / 8.54806°S 125.55611°E / -8.54806; 125.55611
Minister responsible
WebsiteMinistry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
Agency IDMFAC

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 Timor-Leste accountable for foreign affairs.

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.

Minister

The incumbent Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation is Bendito Freitas.[2]

Headquarters

The Ministry's headquarters, developed with the assistance of Chinese funding, are on Avenida de Portugal [de], Praia dos Coqueiros [de], Dili.[3][4] Designed, built and furnished by the government of China with almost no involvement by Timorese workers or suppliers, they were constructed between 2009 and 2013, at a cost of US$12 million.[5]

History

The Ministry was created in 2002.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "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. ^ Martins, Filomeno (30 June 2023). "The list of structure of IX Constitutional Government announced in Official Gazette". Tatoli. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  3. ^ 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. hdl:11693/12429. ISSN 1868-1034.
  4. ^ "ASEAN Coordinating Council". ASEAN Main Portal. Retrieved 4 November 2025.
  5. ^ Gomes, Eliziaria; Scheiner, Charles (October 2011), Chinese involvement in Timor-Leste: myths and facts For Miserior Partners (PDF), Dili: La'o Hamutuk: Timor-Leste Institute for Development Monitoring and Analysis, p. 9, retrieved 3 November 2025
allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_and_Cooperation_(Timor-Leste)