East Timor lietuviškai

Paaiškinimas anglų kalba

• a former Portuguese colony that was annexed by Indonesia in 1976; voted for independence from Indonesia in 1999 and in May 2002 became an independent nation
• Eastern part of the island of Timor which proclaimed itself independent on 20 May 2002 after being occupied by Indonesia since 1975.
• A country in Southeastern Asia, northwest of Australia in the Lesser Sunda Islands at the eastern end of the Indonesian archipelago. It includes the eastern half of the island of Timor, the Oecussi (Ambeno) region on the northwest portion of the island of Timor, and the islands of Pulau Atauro and Pulau Jaco. On May 20, 2002, East Timor was internationally recognized as an independent state. This followed its declared independence from Portugal on November 20, 1975 and a period of armed conflict with Indonesia.
• Eastern part of the island of Timor which proclaimed itself independent on 20 May 2002 after being occupied by Indonesia since 1975.