Launch of the Timor-Leste Maritime Boundary Policy Paper (29 August 2016, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Dili, Timor-Leste)

Tuesday 29th June, 2021

Prime Minister Dr Rui Maria de Araújo launched the Timor-Leste Policy Paper on Maritime Boundaries at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation in Dili. The Policy Paper summarizes the relevant principles of the law of the sea and where Timor-Leste’s maritime boundaries would lie under international law. At the launch event, the open hearing of the compulsory conciliation at The Hague was broadcasted live for the audience. The Chief Negotiator launched the Policy Paper on the same day at The Hague.