DILI, 28 october 2022 (TATOLI) – Chief of Staff of the Timorese National Defense Force (F-FDTL), Lieutenant General Falur Rate Laek said that some F-FDTL officers are participating in a maritime training course in Brazil intending to acquire knowledge and skills for the creation of the National Maritime Authority.
“These members are still in Brasil, participating in maritime training as part of our preparation for the establishment of the National Maritime Authority,” Falur Rate Laek said after a meeting with the Head of State, Jose Ramos Horta at the Presidential Palace.
In july 2020, the Government, through the Council of Ministers, approved the Decree-Law on the creation of the National Maritime Authority (NMA).
This Diploma aims to affirm national sovereignty and project the State’s authority in waters under Timorese jurisdiction, in line with the established in the “Study of the Force 2020”, in the Strategic Development Plan 2011-2030, and also in the Strategic Concept of Defense and National Security in force.
Through the diploma, the Government approves the creation of the SAM, as an institutional framework for the coordination of entities, bodies, or services at the central and peripheral level that, with coordination, executive, advisory, or police functions, exercise powers of State authority over maritime spaces under national sovereignty or jurisdiction.
Journalist: Filomeno Martins
Editor: Nelia Borges
