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Timor-Leste–United States relations

Timor-Leste	United States

Timor-Leste–United States relations are the bilateral relations betweenTimor-Leste (formerly known as East Timor) and theUnited States.

The US supported Indonesia's invasion and occupation of East Timor in 1975.

Timor-Lestemaintains an embassy inWashington, D.C., as well as a Permanent Mission inNew York City at theUnited Nations. The United States has a large bilateral development assistance program, $20.6 million in 2007, and also contributes funds as a major member of a number of multilateral agencies such as theAsian Development Bank and theWorld Bank. The U.S.Peace Corps has operated in Timor-Leste since 2002, but it suspended operations in May 2006 due to unrest and instability.

The U.S. embassy in Timor-Leste is located at Praia de Coqueiros,Dili.Donna Ann Welton is the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary. Marc Weinstock is the Deputy Chief of Mission. Mark Anthony White is the USAID Mission Director. Roberto Quiroz is the Political/Economic/Commercial Affairs Officer. Major Aaron Harris is the Office of Defense Cooperation chief.

USAID began supporting the development of effective democratic electoral and political processes in Timor-Leste in 1999.^[1] Between 2001 and 2008, USAID gave $2,215,997 to theInternational Foundation for Electoral Systems to develop an electoral framework and processes, $3,619,134 to theInternational Republican Institute to develop political parties, and $3,728,490 to theNational Democratic Institute to increase citizen participation and local governance.^[1]

• Foreign relations of the United States
• Foreign relations of Timor-Leste

 This article incorporatespublic domain material fromU.S. Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets.United States Department of State.

• ELECTIONS AND POLITICAL PROCESSES PROGRAM IN TIMOR-LESTE(PDF) (Report). USAID. February 2008. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on May 31, 2009.

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