Relationship dossier
Norway
Timor-Leste
Relationship assessment
Norwegian support for Timor-Leste has included cooperation on petroleum-sector governance.
Norway toward Timor-Leste
+30Norway’s Oil for Development programme supported Timor-Leste’s petroleum-sector governance and resource management.
Timor-Leste toward Norway
Not assessedOverall relationship
Not assessedHow to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Norway has supported Timor-Leste’s petroleum-sector governance through its Oil for Development programme, including cooperation on managing petroleum resources. This provides evidence of substantive but sector-specific Norwegian government engagement. Information about Timor-Leste’s government conduct toward Norway is insufficient to assess that relationship.
Key developments
Norway’s Oil for Development programme provided cooperation supporting Timor-Leste’s petroleum-sector governance.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and duration of Norwegian petroleum-sector assistance are unclear.
- Details of Timor-Leste government cooperation with Norway beyond the petroleum sector are limited.