Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (Timor-Leste)

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 Timor-Leste accountable for foreign affairs.

The Ministry is responsible for the design, implementation, coordination and evaluation of policy for the following areas:[1] The Ministry was created in 2002.

[1] Its headquarters, built with the assistance of Chinese funding, are located on Avenida Portugal in Dili.

[2] The incumbent Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation is Bendito Freitas.

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