ESTABLISHMENT OF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS BETWEEN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF TIMOR-LESTE AND THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA

Today, 23 December, 2003, in New York, the Permanent Representative of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste to the United Nations, H.E. Mr. Jose Luis Guterres and the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Armenia to the United Nations, H.E. Mr. Armen Martirosian , signed a Protocol on the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries at Ambassadorial level, from the date on which the Agreement is signed.

The relations between the two States will be based on the principles of international law and the goals and objectives of the United Nations.

The two countries are committed to developing and strengthening relations of friendship and cooperation in all areas and that their consular relations shall be guided by the provisions of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations of 24 April 1963.