Yemeni-East Timorese relations

Yemeni-East Timorese relations

Yemen	East Timor

The Yemeni-East Timorese relations describe the intergovernmental relationship between Yemen and East Timor .

history

Marí Bin Amude Alkatiri (2020)

Arab immigrants spread Islam in Southeast Asia over the past few centuries , mingling with the indigenous population and achieving high positions in society in these countries. At the end of the 19th century, Yemeni Arabs immigrated from the Hadramaut to Portuguese Timor and formed a small Muslim minority in what is now a predominantly Catholic country. Former Prime Minister Marí Bin Amude Alkatiri is the third generation born in Timor to their descendants . The Alkatiri are one of the largest and most famous tribes in Yemen. This tribe moved from Sanaa to Hadramaut in the 15th century , where they founded the Kathiri Sultanate . The sultanate went under at the end of the British colonial period and became part of the Republic of South Yemen in 1967.

Yemen dispatched police officers to the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT).

Yemen is one of the g7 + countries in which East Timor plays a leading role. Both states are also members of the Non-Aligned Movement and the 77th Group .

diplomacy

The two states have no embassy in the other country.

economy

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

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ^ ETAN East Timor's Premier Has Arab Ancestry
2. ↑ UNMIT Homepage ( Memento of August 7, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ Direcção-Geral de Estatística: External Trade Statistics Annual Reports 2018 , accessed on April 17, 2019.