Austrian-East Timorese relations

Austrian-East Timorese relations

Austria	East Timor

The states of Austria and East Timor maintain smooth relations.

history

Sandra Pires (2007)

During the Indonesian occupation, the parties of East Timor met at Schlaining Castle (1995) and Krumbach Castle (1998) for talks about the aspirations for independence. Also present were José Ramos-Horta and Bishop Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo , who were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1996 . In March 1997, East Timorese independence activists peacefully occupied the Austrian embassy in Jakarta to demonstrate against the Indonesian occupation.

Police officers from Austria took part in the United Nations Interim Administration for East Timor (UNTAET).

Austria and East Timor established diplomatic relations on October 24, 2002, five months after East Timor's independence was restored.

In 2007 the Austrian Red Cross started a project together with the Cruz Vermelha de Timor-Leste , which provided 3000 East Timorese families with clean drinking water, family latrines and hygiene training.

diplomacy

Austria does not have its own embassy in East Timor and is represented there by the Austrian embassy in Jakarta in Indonesia .

See also : List of Austrian ambassadors in East Timor

East Timor does not have its own embassy in Austria and is represented here via its representation in Brussels .

See also : List of East Timorese ambassadors in Brussels

Entry requirements

Citizens of East Timor are exempt from visa requirements for the European Union. Austrians can also enter East Timor without a visa.

economy

For 2016, the East Timor’s Statistical Office registered no trade relations between East Timor and Austria. In 2018, Austria exported goods worth 1,809,000 US dollars to East Timor, making it 19th among the countries of origin of East Timorese imports. A significant movement of goods from East Timor to Austria was not registered.

Culture

The singer Sandra Pires, who lives in Austria, comes from East Timor.

Web links

Commons : Austro-East Timorese relations  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs
2. ^ Dan Nicholson: The Lorikeet Warriors: East Timorese new generation nationalist resistance, 1989-99 , Department of History, Faculty of Arts, The University of Melbourne, October 2001.
3. ↑ UNTAET: UNTAET - Facts and figures , accessed on March 26, 2018.
4. ↑ Introduced with Regulation (EU) No. 509/2014 (PDF) of May 15, 2014, which came into force on June 9 , 2014.
5. ↑ Timor-Leste Passport Holders: List of Countries That Offer Visa Free Entry , June 24, 2018 , accessed October 14, 2018.
6. ↑ Direcção-Geral de Estatística: External Trade Statistics Annual Reports 2016 ( Memento of the original from January 10, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed January 10, 2018. 
7. ↑ Direcção-Geral de Estatística: External Trade Statistics Annual Reports 2018 , accessed on April 17, 2019.