Relationship dossier
Singapore
Timor-Leste
Relationship assessment
Singapore supports Timor-Leste’s capacity-building and ASEAN aspirations, alongside bilateral cooperation.
Singapore toward Timor-Leste
+35Singapore has provided training and capacity-building opportunities for Timorese officials and supported Timor-Leste’s aspiration to join ASEAN.
Timor-Leste toward Singapore
+25Timor-Leste has engaged Singapore in bilateral cooperation, including through a bilateral tax agreement.
Overall relationship
+30The relationship includes practical capacity-building support from Singapore and bilateral cooperation, including a tax agreement. Singapore’s support for Timor-Leste’s ASEAN aspirations is another cooperative feature. The scale and implementation of these efforts are unclear, limiting confidence about the breadth of the 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
Overview
Singapore has supported Timor-Leste’s capacity-building through training for Timorese officials and has backed its aspiration to join ASEAN. The two governments have also pursued bilateral cooperation, including a tax agreement. These are concrete signs of cooperation, though the scope and durability of wider government-to-government engagement are unclear.
Key developments
Singapore provided training and capacity-building opportunities for Timorese officials.
Singapore supported Timor-Leste’s aspiration to join ASEAN.
The governments concluded a bilateral tax agreement.
Major uncertainties
- The scale and continuity of Singapore’s training and other capacity-building support are unclear.
- The implementation and practical effects of bilateral agreements are unclear.