Angolan-East Timorese Relations

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Angolan-East Timorese Relations
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The Angolan-East Timorese relations have existed since the Portuguese colonial days of both countries. The states of Angola and East Timor maintain friendly relations.

history

Fidelino Loy de Jesus Figueiredo , Angola's ambassador to East Timor since 2011

Angola and East Timor are both former colonies of Portugal and members of the Community of Portuguese- Speaking Countries (CPLP). During the Portuguese colonial period , Angolan soldiers were sent several times to Timor to quell unrest. Angolans were also sentenced to exile in Portuguese Timor and banished there. In return, the leaders of the Viqueque Rebellion of 1959 came to Angola after their deportation.

While Angola was granted independence on November 11, 1975, FRETILIN in East Timor initially unilaterally proclaimed independence on November 28, 1975. Angola was one of only twelve states that recognized East Timor as a state. A few days later, Indonesia began openly invading East Timor and occupied the country for 24 years. In addition to Mozambique , Angola was also a destination for East Timorese into exile. The future Prime Minister Marí Bin Amude Alkatiri and the politician João Viegas Carrascalão graduated from the Angolan School of Geography as a surveyor in 1970 . The East Timorese politician Manuel Azancot de Menezes has family ties to Angola . It was not until 2002 that East Timor was given independence again after three years of UN administration .

Angola and East Timor work together primarily on defense, security, education, health, petroleum and agriculture, mostly at parliamentary level.

diplomacy

Angola's embassy in Singapore also looks after East Timor. It was announced several times that Angola would soon open an embassy in Dili .

Roque Rodrigues became the official representative of FRETILIN in Maputo for Mozambique and Angola, from February 1979 only in Angola. In 1984 he was accredited by the Angolan government as Ambassador of East Timor. The Angolan government and especially the later Foreign Minister Paulo Teixeira Jorge supported the work of the East Timorese embassy. Rodrigues held the office until 1999, when the embassy had to be closed for financial reasons and East Timor came under UN administration after the Indonesians had left. In the following years, Angola was also looked after by Marina Ribeiro Alkatiri from Maputo. The new embassy in Luanda was only opened after 2012 .

Entry requirements

East Timorese can get an eVisa for Angola.

economy

For 2018, the East Timor’s statistical office does not indicate any trade relations between Angola and East Timor.

Web links

Commons : Angolan-East Timorese Relations  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Geoffrey C. Gunn: History of Timor. ( Memento of the original from March 24, 2009 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. Technical University of Lisbon (PDF file; 805 kB) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / pascal.iseg.utl.pt
  2. ↑ a b Frédéric Durand: Three centuries of violence and struggle in East Timor (1726-2008). (PDF; 243 kB) Online Encyclopedia of Mass Violence, (online), June 7, 2011, accessed on May 28, 2012, ISSN  1961-9898
  3. ^ M. Azancot de Menezes: Sobre mim , accessed February 20, 2017.
  4. ↑ ANGOP: Angola, Timor maintain good relations - Speaker , May 17, 2017 , accessed on May 26, 2017.
  5. ↑ a b ArcTel-CPLP: Angola will soon have to embassy in East Timor - Timorese diplomat , March 7, 2012 , accessed May 26, 2017th
  6. ↑ Nassrine De Rham Azimi, Li Lin Chang: The United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET): Debriefing and Lessons: Report of the 2002 Tokyo Conference , Institute of Policy Studies, Singapore., 2003
  7. ↑ a b Macau Hub: East Timor to open embassy in Angola , February 27, 2012 , accessed July 25, 2016.
  8. ↑ Timor-Leste Passport Holders: List of Countries That Offer Visa Free Entry , June 24, 2018 , accessed October 14, 2018.
  9. ↑ Direcção-Geral de Estatística: External Trade Statistics Annual Reports 2018 , accessed on April 17, 2019.