New Zealand-East Timorese Relations
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The states of New Zealand and East Timor maintain friendly relations .
history
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In October 1975, Indonesian troops began to occupy the border areas of East Timor. Five Western journalists who witnessed this in the border town of Balibo were murdered by the Indonesian soldiers. The New Zealand cameraman Gary Cunningham was among the so-called Balibo Five .
The New Zealander Kamal Bamadhaj was the only foreigner to perish in the Santa Cruz massacre on November 12, 1991 . He worked in Dili as a translator for Australian aid organizations.
In 1996 East Timorese activists peacefully occupied the New Zealand embassy in Jakarta as a protest against the Indonesian occupation. Several non-governmental organizations in New Zealand campaigned for East Timor's independence from Indonesia.
After the independence referendum in East Timor in 1999 , Indonesian forces tried to turn the tide with a final wave of violence . On September 20, 1999, the Australian- run INTERFET landed and restored peace and order. New Zealand was one of the largest troop contributors to INTERFET. This also included A-4K aircraft from the New Zealand Air Force . On July 24, 2000, the New Zealand UN soldier Leonard Manning was killed in an exchange of fire with a pro-Indonesian militia on the border at Foho Debalulik near Tilomar and his body was mutilated. He was the first member of the UN peacekeeping force in East Timor to be killed in combat. Other New Zealand soldiers who died while on duty in East Timor were Warrant Officer Tony Michael Walser (November 30, 1999, his truck crashed when the road collapsed below in Tilomar), Staff Sergeant William Edward White (April 25, 2000, fell down a 30 meter high cliff with his truck), Private Boyd Reagan Henare Atkins (March 14, 2001, swimming accident in Hera ) and Private Dean Russell Johnston (July 28, 2002, died in the United Nations barracks in Dili).
East Timor came under UN administration and was given independence on May 20, 2002. Up until the end of the UN missions in 2012, New Zealand provided a large proportion of the UN security forces, as did the International Stabilization Force (ISF), which stabilized the situation after the unrest in East Timor in 2006 .
Two members of the New Zealand Defense Force (NZDF) are still working as advisors to the Defense Forces of East Timor (F-FDTL). New Zealand police officers also regularly support the East Timorese National Police .
In 2018, a NZDF officer was suspended from duty. The Wing Commander wrote in the ETAN mailing list that the new East Timorese Prime Minister Taur Matan Ruak was only a puppet of the independence hero Xanana Gusmão and that the country was threatened with a military coup against the Eighth government , as there were also disagreements between the Prime Minister and the current head of the F-FDTL Lere Anan Timor would exist. The NZDF apologized for these statements. New Zealand Secretary of Defense Ron Mark said these views were inconsistent with the views of the NZDF or the New Zealand government. . November
diplomacy
East Timor supported New Zealand in its successful bid for a temporary seat on the United Nations Security Council (2015-2016). In 2013, East Timor declared its desire to join the Commonwealth . There are regular visits from members of the government to the other country.
From 2000 New Zealand was represented by the representative Jonathan Austin in East Timor's state capital Dili, who was promoted to independence as Consul General with the release of East Timor in 2002. Ruth Nuttall became New Zealand's first ambassador to East Timor in 2005.
Initially, the East Timorese ambassador to Australia was responsible for New Zealand. From 2014, Cristiano da Costa was the first East Timorese ambassador in Wellington . In 2019 he was replaced by Lisualdo Gaspar .
economy
2016, the total value of goods traded between New Zealand and East Timor totaled more than 3 million New Zealand dollars . New Zealand exported meat, automobiles, and cheese worth $ 2.7 million. East Timor mainly shipped coffee to New Zealand for $ 0.3 million, but also computers and web products made from flax.
In 2018, New Zealand exported goods worth US $ 1,047,000 to East Timor, according to the East Timor’s Statistical Office . It was in 21st place in the ranking of East Timor's importers. In return, coffee worth 470,170 US dollars went from East Timor to New Zealand (9th place among East Timorese trading partners, 8th place among importers of coffee from East Timor). There were also re-exports from East Timor to New Zealand amounting to 10,000 US dollars (24th place).
Development Assistance
New Zealand supports East Timor in developing the private sector and in training the country's security forces.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c d e New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade: Timor-Leste , accessed December 29, 2017.
- ^ ETAN: List of East Timor Support and Solidarity Groups Worldwide , accessed January 24, 2018.
- ↑ Strategic and Military Lesseons from East Timor . In: Victoria University of Wellington (Ed.): CSS Strategic Briefing Papers . Volume 2 Part 1 , February 2000, ISSN 1175-1452 (English, online [PDF; 31 kB ; accessed on May 5, 2019]).
- ^ Memorial plaque of the New Zealand embassy in East Timor
- ↑ Sam Sachdeva: Officer suspended over Timor-Leste remarks , newsroom.pro, July 3, 2018 , accessed on July 4, 2018.
- ↑ Scoop Politics: New envoys to present Their credentials , April 30, 2014 , accessed June 23, 2015.
- ^ President of East Timor: PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC DOES NOT WANT TO STAND IN THE WAY OF THE NEW AMBASSADORS BEING SWORN IN , September 21, 2019 , accessed on September 21, 2019.
- ↑ Direcção-Geral de Estatística: External Trade Statistics Annual Reports 2018 , accessed on April 17, 2019.
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