The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (MFAC; , ) is the government department of Timor-Leste accountable for foreign affairs.
Functions The Ministry is responsible for the design, implementation, coordination and evaluation of policy for the following areas:
foreign policy and international cooperation; and consular functions and the promotion and defense of the interests of Timorese citizens abroad.
Minister The incumbent Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation is Bendito Freitas.
Headquarters The Ministry's headquarters, developed with the assistance of Chinese funding, are on , , Dili. Designed, built and furnished by the government of China with almost no involvement by Timorese workers or suppliers, they were constructed between 2009 and 2013, at a cost of .
History The Ministry was created in 2002.
See also List of ministries of foreign affairs Politics of Timor-Leste
References
External links
– official site Government of Timor-Leste
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation website archive – Library of Congress