Danish-East Timorese relations

Danish-East Timorese relations

Denmark	East Timor

The Danish-East Timorese relations describe the intergovernmental relationship between Denmark and East Timor .

history

With the IWGIA there was a non-governmental organization in Denmark that campaigned for the independence of East Timor from Indonesia . In 2003, diplomatic relations between Denmark and East Timor were established.

Denmark participated in the United Nations Interim Administration for East Timor (UNTAET), the United Nations Assistance Mission in East Timor (UNMISET), the United Nations Office in East Timor (UNOTIL) and the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) . The Danish diplomat Finn Reske-Nielsen was UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative from 1999 to 2002 and from 2006 Deputy UN Special Envoy for East Timor and Deputy Head of UNMIT, until he became UN Special Envoy for East Timor in 2012.

In 2012, Denmark sent staff to the elections in East Timor as part of the EU election observation mission.

diplomacy

Denmark is represented in Dili by its ambassador in Jakarta .

East Timor does not have a diplomatic mission in Denmark. The East Timorese ambassador in Brussels is responsible .

See also : List of Permanent Representatives of East Timor to the European Union

economy

While the East Timorese statistical office did not report any trade relations between East Timor and Denmark for 2016, it registered imports from Denmark worth 324,000 US dollars for 2018, which puts Denmark in 32nd place among the countries of origin. In addition, there is the import of a vehicle to East Timor worth 62,448 US dollars from Greenland .

Entry requirements

Citizens of East Timor are exempt from the visa requirement for the Schengen states . Danish citizens also enjoy visa-free travel in East Timor.

Web links

Commons : Danish-East Timorese Relations  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ ETAN: List of East Timor Support and Solidarity Groups Worldwide , accessed January 24, 2018.
2. ^ President of East Timor: PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC ACCEPTED CREDENTIAL LETTERS FROM AMBASSADORS OF DENMARK, BANGADESH AND ISRAEL , February 24, 2018 , accessed February 25, 2018.
3. ↑ 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 , ISBN 90-411-2069-6
4. ↑ UNMISET - Facts and Figures
5. ↑ United Nations: Mr. Finn Reske-Nielsen, acting Special Representative of the Secretary General and Head of UNMIT ( Memento of July 13, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
6. ^ Ministry of Foreign Affairs of East Timor: File. No .: 46.H.5.NIRAS.2013. , accessed January 25, 2018.
7. ^ Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark: Danmark i Østtimor , accessed on January 25, 2018.
8. ↑ 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. 
9. ↑ Direcção-Geral de Estatística: External Trade Statistics Annual Reports 2018 , accessed on April 17, 2019.
10. ↑ Introduced with Regulation (EU) No. 509/2014 (PDF) of May 15, 2014, which came into force on June 9 , 2014.