List of diplomatic missions in Timor-Leste

This is a list of diplomatic missions in Timor-Leste. The capital Dili hosts 21 embassies, mostly from neighboring and regional states. Seven of those are member-states of the Association of South East Asian Nations, to which Timor-Leste ascended to full membership in October 2025.

Honorary consulates are excluded from this listing.

Diplomatic missions in Dili

Embassies

  1.  Angola[1][2]
  2.  Australia[3]
  3.  Brazil[4]
  4.  Brunei[5]
  5.  Cambodia[6]
  6.  China[7]
  7.  Cuba[8]
  8. Holy See[9]
  9.  India[10]
  10.  Indonesia[11]
  11.  Japan[12]
  12.  Malaysia[13]
  13.  New Zealand[14]
  14.  Philippines[15]
  15.  Portugal[16]
  16. Sahrawi Republic[17]
  17.  Singapore[18]
  18.  South Korea[19]
  19. Sovereign Military Order of Malta[20]
  20.  Thailand[21]
  21.  United States[22]

Other missions

  1.  European Union (Delegation)
  • Embassy of China
  • Apostolic Nunciature of the Holy See
  • Embassy of Indonesia
  • Embassy of Malaysia
  • Embassy of Portugal
  • Embassy of Thailand
  • Embassy of the United States

Embassy branch office

Pante Macassar

Accredited non-resident embassies

Resident in Beijing, China

Resident in Canberra, Australia

Resident in Jakarta, Indonesia

Resident in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Resident in Singapore

Resident in Tokyo, Japan

Resident in other cities

Closed missions

Host city Sending country Mission Year closed Ref.
Dili United Kingdom Embassy[a] 2007 [44][45]
Ireland Representative office 2011 [46]

Missions to open

Host city Sending country Mission Ref.
Dili
 Laos Embassy [47]
 Myanmar Embassy [48]
 Russia Embassy [49]
 United Kingdom Embassy [45]
 Vietnam Embassy [50]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ To be re-opened.

References

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  2. ^ "Government opens embassy in Timor-Leste to strengthen cooperation". Ver Angola. 6 May 2025. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
  3. ^ "Australian Embassy in Timor-Leste". www.timorleste.embassy.gov.au.
  4. ^ "Embaixada Dili-início — Português (Brasil)-Governo Federal". Ministério das Relações Exteriores.
  5. ^ "Embassy of Brunei Darussalam in Timor Leste". www.mfa.gov.bn.
  6. ^ "Cambodian Ambassador presents credentials to President Horta". Presidency of Timor-Leste. 29 April 2025. Retrieved 4 May 2025.
  7. ^ "Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste". www.tl.china-embassy.gov.cn.
  8. ^ "List of Cuban Mission Abroad". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cuba (in English and Spanish). Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  9. ^ Ryan Dagur (21 September 2022). "Vatican opens new embassy in Timor-Leste". www.ucanews.com. Union of Catholic Asia News. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  10. ^ "Embassy of India, Timor Leste is now open". Embassy of India in Jakarta, Indonesia. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
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  13. ^ "Embassy of Malaysia, Dili". www.kln.gov.my.
  14. ^ "New Zealand Embassy Accredited to Timor-Leste". www.mfat.govt.nz.
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  17. ^ "Fourth Committee Approves Five Consensus Texts Reaffirming Inalienable Right to Self-Determination and Independence". United Nations General Assembly. Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York. 2011-10-10. Retrieved 2012-03-23. Lisualdo Gaspar, Director of Bilateral Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Timor‑Leste: "In fact, he added, Timor‑Leste had accorded full diplomatic representation to the Embassy of the "Saharawi Republic" in its capital, Dili, in 2010"
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