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Relationship dossier

Palestine Timor-Leste

Relationship assessment

Diplomatic ties with notable Timor-Leste support for Palestinian statehood

Palestine toward Timor-Leste

+10

Palestine recognizes Timor-Leste as an independent state. Further substantive Palestinian government cooperation with Timor-Leste is unclear.

Timor-Leste toward Palestine

+35

Timor-Leste has supported Palestinian statehood and Palestinian rights in international forums, including through its positions at the United Nations.

Overall relationship

+25

The relationship combines diplomatic recognition with a significant strand of Timor-Leste advocacy for Palestinian statehood. Evidence of wider, sustained practical cooperation is limited, so the overall relationship is best characterized as cordial political solidarity rather than a close operational partnership.

How 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

Knowledge coverageLimited

Overview

Palestine and Timor-Leste have ties shaped chiefly by mutual diplomatic recognition and Timor-Leste’s consistent support for Palestinian statehood. Timor-Leste has backed Palestinian rights in international forums, while the scope of practical bilateral cooperation appears limited.

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