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East Timor – Portugal relations are foreign relations between Portugal and East Timor (Timor Leste). Timor Leste has an embassy in Lisbon whilst Portugal has an embassy in Dili. East Timor was a colony of Portugal for over 400 years. == History == The Portuguese, in search of spices, first settled Timor in 1520. By the 17th century, the Dutch arrived, settling the western half of the island of Timor. A treaty in 1859 formalized the division. East Timor is a predominantly Roman Catholic region, a legacy of Portugal's rule 〔http://www.nytimes.com/1996/10/12/world/east-timor-has-chafed-for-centuries-under-foreign-rule.html〕 Portugal had effective control of East Timor only after the second half of the 20th century.〔 Following fighting between rival groups seeking independence from Portugal, Indonesia invaded East Timor and annexed it in 1976〔 after East Timor declared itself independent from Portugal on 28 November 1975.〔http://www.mne.gov.tl/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13&Itemid=27〕〔http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/country_profiles/1508119.stm〕 The invasion resulted in Portugal severing diplomatic ties with Indonesia.〔http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/portugal-faces-snap-elections-1569506.html〕〔http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/east-timor-meeting-goes-ahead-1419641.html〕 In 1987, then Portuguese Prime Minister Anibal Cavaco Silva accused Indonesia of abusing the "most elementary human rights" in East Timor and of preparing to rig upcoming elections in East Timor. Cavaco Silva went on to say that his government supported self determination for East Timor.〔https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=v7kTAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XpADAAAAIBAJ&pg=4367,3245708&dq=timor+anibal-cavaco-silva〕 In the early 1990s, the UN still regarded Portugal as the administrative authority in East Timor. For their part, Portuguese officials saw a "moral obligation" to continue involvement in the affairs of a former colony. Portugal tried to get the Indonesian government to agree to a settlement, and even independence, for East Timor. However, Indonesia refused the offer because of fears that other secessionist movements could be emboldened.〔http://countrystudies.us/portugal/95.htm〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「East Timor–Portugal relations」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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