From September 26 to 30

September 26 (Lisbon)
6 p.m. – 8 p.m. Meeting with the Timorese Community and friends in Portugal

September 27 (Lisbon)
12 noon – Meeting with the President of the Republic Assembly, Assunção Esteves

12.30 p.m. – Working lunch with the Prime-Minister, Pedro Passos Coelho

4 p.m. – Meeting with the President of Portugal, Aníbal Cavaco Silva

5.15 p.m. – Meeting with the Minister of National Defence, José Pedro Aguiar-Branco

Signature of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Portuguese Republic and the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, on the Integration of Military FALINTIL- Timor-Leste Defence Forces in Portuguese military contingents engaged in peace missions under the aegis of the United Nations or the European Union and Proposed Amendment to the Agreement on Military-Technical Cooperation between the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste and the Portuguese Republic.

6 p.m. – Meeting with the Minister of Internal Affairs, Miguel Macedo

Signature of the Cooperation Agreement between the Portuguese Republic and the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, regarding Homeland Security and Cooperation Protocol between Foreigners and Frontiers Service of the Portuguese Republic and the Migration Service of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste.

September 28 (Coimbra)
10.30 a.m. – Honorary Doctorate of Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão, Prime Minister

4.30 p.m. – Meeting with the Students at the Universidade de Coimbra

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Minister of Finance, Minister of Infrastructure, the Minister of Education and the Ambassador of Timor-Leste in Portugal are part of the delegation accompanying the Prime Minister and will be present on the occasions mentioned above.

Apart from the above, the agenda’s of each Minister are the following:

Minister of Education

September 22 (Lisbon)
3.30 p.m. – Meeting with H.E. Minister of Education and Science

September 23 (Lisbon)
11 a.m. – Meeting with the Secretary of State of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, with the presence of IPAD

3 p.m. – Meeting with the Prof. Marçal Grilo, representative of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation

September 27 (Lisbon)

Signing of the Cooperation Protocol between the Ministry of Education and Science of the Portuguese Republic and the Ministry of Education of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste for the creation and development of Reference Schools in Timor-Leste and the Protocol of Cooperation and Technical Assistance from the Ministry of Education and Science of the Portuguese Republic and the Ministry of Education of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste.


Minister of Foreign Affairs

September 26 (Lisbon)
3 p.m. – Meeting with the Secretary of State of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Luís Filipe Neves

September 27 (Lisbon)
10 a.m. – Meeting with the President of Portuguese Institute for Development Support, Augusto Manuel Correia

Minister of Finance

September 27 (Lisbon)
8 p.m. – Meeting with the Minister of Finance, Vítor Gaspar

Signature of the Convention between the Portuguese Republic and the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, to avoid double taxation and prevent fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income.

Minister of Infrastructure

Signature of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Economy and Employment of the Portuguese Republic and the Ministry of Infrastructure of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste in the area of Infrastructure.*

*Day not defined yet