Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (East Timor)
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Formed | 1975 | / 2002
Jurisdiction | Government of East Timor |
Headquarters | Avenida de Portugal, Dili 8°32′53″S 125°33′22″E / 8.54806°S 125.55611°E |
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Agency ID | MFAC |
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.
Functions
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]The incumbent Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation is Bendito Freitas .[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Structure of the VIII Constitutional Government". Government of Timor-Leste. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Martins, Filomeno (30 June 2023). "The list of structure of IX Constitutional Government announced in Official Gazette". Tatoli. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
External links
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- Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation website archive – Library of Congress