Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (East Timor) explained

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
Formed:	/ 2002
Jurisdiction:	Government of East Timor
Minister1 Pfo:	Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
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Agency Id:	MFAC

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (MFAC; Portuguese: Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros e Cooperação Timor-Leste, Tetum: Ministeriu Negosiu Estranjeiru no Kooperasaun) is the government department of East Timor accountable for foreign affairs.

Functions

The Ministry is responsible for the design, implementation, coordination and evaluation of policy for the following areas:^[1]

• foreign policy and international cooperation; and
• consular functions and the promotion and defense of the interests of Timorese citizens abroad.

History

The Ministry was created in 2002.^[1] Its headquarters, built with the assistance of Chinese funding, are located on Avenida Portugal in Dili.^[2]

Minister

The incumbent Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation is .^[3]

See also

• List of ministries of foreign affairs
• Politics of East Timor

External links

• – official site (inactive)
• Government of East Timor
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation website archive – Library of Congress

Notes and References

1. Web site: Structure of the VIII Constitutional Government . Government of Timor-Leste . 25 March 2022.
2. Sahin . Selver B. . 2014-08-01 . Timor-Leste's Foreign Policy: Securing State Identity in the Post-Independence Period . Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs . en . 33 . 2 . 3–25 . 10.1177/186810341403300201 . 1868-1034. free .
3. News: Martins . Filomeno . The list of structure of IX Constitutional Government announced in Official Gazette . 2023-07-01 . . 2023-06-30.