Dili, June 14, 2025

The Chief of Staff of the New Zealand Armed Forces, Major General Rose King, together with a delegation, visited the FALINTIL Unit in Tasi Tolu, Dili, on Saturday.

During the visit, the Chief of Staff of the New Zealand Armed Forces, Major-General Rose King, and the delegation were received directly by the Commander of the Special Operations Land Component, Colonel Domingos da Costa Soares "DOBU", and by the Commander of the FALINTIL Unit, Lieutenant-Colonel Abel da Costa Xavier "NIKI" on site.

The purpose of this visit is to further strengthen cooperation between FALINTIL-Forças de Defesa de Timor-Leste (F-FDTL) and the New Zealand Armed Forces, especially in the military area, and at the same time, to support the FALINTIL Unit in the area of military training and military equipment that the unit needs.

At the same location, Major General Rose King stated that the New Zealand Armed Forces are ready to continue to support the FALINTIL Command - Timor-Leste Defence Forces (F-FDTL) in any support, especially in the training of human resources and military equipment that the F-FDTL Command needs.

F-FDTL Media 

Leoneto de Jesus