Kosovar-East Timorese relations

Kosovar-East Timorese relations

Kosovo	East Timor

The states of Kosovo and East Timor maintain diplomatic relations .

history

See also : History of Kosovo  and History of East Timor

In the Kosovo war, NATO troops intervened in Operation Allied Force without a UN mandate from March 24 to June 9, 1999 in the area that was then part of Yugoslavia in order to end the conflict. With the help of KFOR , a United Nations protectorate under the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) was granted independence in 2008. This is recognized by 114 countries, but not by neighboring Serbia , to whose territory Kosovo belonged within what was then Yugoslavia. East Timor also took part in UNMIK.

East Timor had been occupied by Indonesia since 1975 and was still considered Portuguese territory internationally . In East Timor, the Forças Armadas de Libertação Nacional de Timor-Leste (FALINTIL) fought violently against the occupiers. In a referendum initiated by the United Nations on August 30, 1999 , the majority of East Timorese voted for independence. Indonesian security forces and militias then let East Timor sink into a wave of violence again until INTERFET took control under Australian leadership on behalf of the UN and Indonesia withdrew from East Timor. East Timor came under the Interim Administration of the United Nations (UNTAET) and was granted independence on May 20, 2002. There are friendly relations with the former occupier Indonesia and the old colonial power Portugal .

On May 26, 2009, there was a meeting in New York between Kosovar Foreign Minister Skënder Hyseni and the Permanent Representative of East Timor to the United Nations, Nelson Santos . Santos affirmed that it was only a matter of time before East Timor would recognize Kosovo as a state. Kosovo's independence is "irreversible".

On September 15, 2012, Kosovo's Foreign Minister Enver Hoxhaj began a two-day visit to East Timor at the invitation of the East Timorese Foreign Minister José Luís Guterres . He called the recognition of Kosovo an "affair of the heart".

On November 9, 2012, the official recognition of Kosovo by East Timor and the official establishment of diplomatic relations took place.

diplomacy

Neither of the two states has a diplomatic mission in the other country. East Timor has embassies in Rome , Geneva and Brussels and honorary consulates in Ankara and Istanbul . The closest Kosovar embassy to East Timorese is in Canberra .

Entry requirements

Citizens of East Timor are allowed to enter Kosovo for 90 days without a visa.

economy

For 2018, the East Timorese statistical office does not indicate any trade relations between East Timor and Kosovo.

Web links

Commons : Kosovar-East Timorese Relations  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Foreign Ministry of Kosovo: International recognitions of the Republic of Kosovo , accessed on January 14, 2018.
2. ^ Government of East Timor: Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs in a high level meeting at the ASEAN Regional Forum , June 11, 2015 , accessed on January 14, 2018.
3. ↑ Foreign Ministry of Kosovo: For East Timor, the recognition of Kosovo's independence is just a question of time , accessed on January 14, 2018.
4. ^ Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kosovo: Minister Hoxhaj in East Timor; asks for recognition from this state , accessed January 14, 2018.
5. ^ Kosovo Thanks You , accessed January 14, 2018.
6. ^ Government of East Timor: Embaixadas de Timor-Leste , accessed on July 6, 2016.
7. ^ Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kosovo: Embassies of the Republic of Kosovo? , accessed January 14, 2018.
8. ^ Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kosovo: Do you need Kosovo visa? , accessed January 14, 2018.
9. ↑ Direcção-Geral de Estatística: External Trade Statistics Annual Reports 2018 , accessed on April 17, 2019.