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Australia, a close neighbour of both Indonesia and East Timor, was the only country to recognise Indonesia's annexation of East Timor. [1] Some members of the Australian public supported self-determination for East Timor, [2] and also actively supported the independence movement within Australia. [2]
In the United States, the East Timor Action Network (now the East Timor and Indonesia Action Network) was founded and soon had chapters in ten cities around the country. [62] Other solidarity groups appeared in Portugal, Australia, Japan, Germany, Ireland, The Netherlands, Malaysia and Brazil.
The International Force East Timor (INTERFET) was a multinational non-United Nations peacemaking task force, organised and led by Australia in accordance with United Nations resolutions to address the humanitarian and security crisis that took place in East Timor from 1999–2000 until the arrival of UN peacekeepers. [1]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 2 March 2025. Country in Southeast Asia "East Timor" redirects here. For the former Indonesian province, see East Timor (province). Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste República Democrática de Timor-Leste (Portuguese) Repúblika Demokrátika Timór Lorosa'e (Tetum) Flag Emblem Motto: Unidade, Acção ...
Bilateral relations exist between Australia and Timor-Leste (East Timor). The two countries are near neighbours with close political and trade ties. Timor-Leste, the youngest and one of the poorest countries in Asia, lies about 610 kilometres northwest of the Australian city of Darwin. Australia has played a prominent role in the young republic ...
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A coalition of nations sent troops to support the peace keeping mission. The forces were led by Australia, which provided the largest contingent and the out of theatre base for operations, supported by Portugal who sent the second largest contingent [4] securing the key central areas of the country, [5] followed by New Zealand, who took responsibility for the southern West sector with ...
On 2 December Australia issued a warning for all its citizens to leave East Timor, prompting the Red Cross to evacuate to Atauro. [ 3 ] : 58, 61, 63 On 4 December Marí Alkatiri, Abílio Araújo [ de ] , José Ramos-Horta, Rogério Lobato, and Roque Rodrigues left on a diplomatic mission to gain support for the new government. [ 4 ]