East Timorese-Vanuatu Relations

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East Timorese-Vanuatu Relations
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The East Timorese-Vanuatu relations describe the interstate relationship between East Timor and Vanuatu .

history

Vanuatu's Prime Minister Charlot Salwai visits East Timor's Prime Minister Taur Matan Ruak (2019)

Prime Minister Vanuatus campaigned for the independence of the small Southeast Asian country during the Indonesian occupation of East Timor (1975-1999). For this, Prime Minister Barak Sopé , the politician Hilda Lini and the diplomat Robert Van Lierop received the Ordem de Timor-Leste and Prime Minister Walter Hadye Lini posthumously the Ordem de Laran Luak . On August 31, 2019, East Timor's President Francisco Guterres also awarded the Vanuatu government the Ordem de Timor-Leste. East Timor's former President Xanana Gusmão is a holder of the Vanuatu First Class Order.

Vanuatu participated with police personnel in the United Nations Interim Administration for East Timor (UNTAET), the United Nations Assistance Mission in East Timor (UNMISET) and the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT).

In 2015, after cyclone Pam , East Timor offered Vanuatu support to rebuild.

In 2018 Xanana Gusmão visited Vanuatu again. The topic of the discussions was the drawing of maritime boundaries. East Timor had been able to settle border disputes with Australia in its favor. Vanuatu would like to share its experiences with France over the Matthew and Hunter Islands .

Although East Timor is part of Asia , it also has ethnic groups that speak Papuan languages, which is why it also maintains relationships with the Melanesian and Pacific world. As an observer, East Timor participated in the third ACP Summit in July 2002 and, since August 2002, in the annual meetings of the heads of state and government of the Pacific Islands Forum . In 2016, the country joined the Pacific Islands Development Forum . Since 2010, East Timor has had observer status with the Melanesian Spearhead Group , which is based in the Vanuatu capital Port Vila .

The two states have no diplomatic representation in the other country.

economy

For 2018, the East Timor Statistics Office does not report any trade relations between East Timor and Vanuatu.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ RNZ: Vanuatu's Sope honored by Timor Leste , June 1, 2017 , accessed on March 25, 2018.
  2. ^ Government of East Timor: Professor Noam Chomsky and Ambassador Robert Van Lierop honored in New York City , October 4, 2015 , accessed March 26, 2018.
  3. ↑ a b HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRIME MINISTER KAY RALA XANANA GUSMÃO AT THE OFFICIAL RECEPTION IN HONOR OF THE AWARDING OF THE ORDER OF VANUATU FIRST CLASS MEDAL FOR ACHIEVEMENT OF THE HIGHEST SERVICE TO VANUATU AND HUMANITY AT LARGE , accessed on September 25 , 2011 March 2018.
  4. ^ President of East Timor: PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC BESTOWS UPON TEN INDIVIDUALS AND ENTITIES THE ORDER OF TIMOR-LESTE , September 1, 2019 , accessed on September 3, 2019.
  5. ↑ UNTAET: UNTAET - Facts and figures , accessed on March 26, 2018.
  6. ↑ UNMISET: Facts and Figures , accessed on February 6, 2018.
  7. ^ Government of East Timor: Timor-Leste stands in solidarity with Vanuatu , March 20, 2015 , accessed on March 26, 2018.
  8. ↑ Radio New Zealand: Maritime boundaries: Vanuatu to learn from Timor , December 8, 2018 , accessed December 8, 2018.
  9. ↑ The Fiji Times: Timor Leste is PIDF newest member , July 19, 2016 ( Memento January 21, 2018 in the Internet Archive ), July 20, 2016.
  10. ↑ Direcção-Geral de Estatística: External Trade Statistics Annual Reports 2018 , accessed on April 17, 2019.