 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Zvisinei, chibvumirano chokutanga ichi chakaratidza kuva chenguva pfupi. Muna 1998, Suharto, mumwe wemasimba anotyaira echibvumirano pamwe chete naKeating, akarega basa pashure pemakore makumi matatu ari musimba. Zvichitevera kurega basa uku, chibvumirano pakati peIndonesia nePortugal - Portugal yakanga yabata East Timor kubva panguva yekoloni kusvikira kuzvimiririra kweTimor kwechinguva chiduku muna 1975 - kwakatungamirira kuhurukuro yakarongwa neUnited Nations muna 1999, panguva iyo vanhu veEast Timor vakavhota nechisimba kuti vazviparadzanise neIndonesia. Referendamu yakatungamirira kumhirizhonga yakapararira muEast Timor yose pakati pemasoja eEast Timor nemapoka akasiyana-siyana evarwi veIndonesia nemasoja eIndonesia izvo zvakaguma nekufa kwakawanda kumativi ose. Somuuyo, UN yakatsigira simba rinochengetedza rugare kuti riiswe muIndonesia, rinoumbwa nemubatanidzwa wesimba rakasiyana-siyana rokudzivirira renyika, rinoumbwa zvikurukuru nemauto anobva kuAustralia, New Zealand neThailand; uye pasi pokutonga kweAustralia General Peter Cosgrove. Simba iri, rinonzi INTERFET, yakapinda muIndonesia muna September 1999 uye yakachengetedza rugare munharaunda yacho kusvikira UN yapindira neuto rayo rezvokuchengetedza, rainzi UNTAET. UNTAET yakapinda muIndonesia muna Gumiguru 1999 uye musi waMay 20, 2002, Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste yakazivikanwa seyakazvimirira zvizere neUN. 