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The future of peace, justice and democracy in both East Timor and Indonesia depends on holding the highest-level perpetrators accountable. [260] In 2005, the Indonesia-Timor Leste Commission of Truth and Friendship was set up with the goal of establishing the truth relating to crimes under the occupation, and healing divisions between the ...
East Timor, [a] also known as Timor-Leste, [b] officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, is a country in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the exclave of Oecusse on the island's north-western half, and the minor islands of Atauro and Jaco. The western half of the island of Timor is administered by ...
Later, Indonesian Foreign Minister Ali Alatas reiterated this position in his 2006 memoir The Pebble in the Shoe: The Diplomatic Struggle for East Timor. [71] The island's original division into east and west, Indonesia argued after the invasion, was "the result of colonial oppression" enforced by the Portuguese and Dutch imperial powers.
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]
Russia is accredited to East Timor from its embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia. Serbia: Serbia is represented in Timor by its embassy in Jakarta. [117] Singapore: 20 May 2002: Both countries established diplomatic relations on May 20, 2002. [118] [119] The Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste set up an embassy in Singapore on 1 December 2010 [120]
East Timor was originally colonized by the Portuguese, and remained a colony up until the fall of the military dictatorship in 1974.East Timor declared independence soon afterwards, but Indonesia soon decided to intervene as it became clear that the government of the new state would most likely be leftist.
Indonesia and Portugal announced on 5 May 1999 that a vote would be held allowing the people of East Timor to choose between the autonomy plan or independence. The vote, to be administered by the United Nations Mission in East Timor (UNAMET), was originally scheduled for 8 August but later postponed until 30 August.
The flags of East Timor and the United Nations on Independence Day 2014.. East Timor independence formally occurred on 20 May 2002. [1]East Timor as occupied by Indonesia for 24 years from 1976 to 1999, a period during which many observers consider a genocide to have taken place.