The independence of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Timor" id="mwAYU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="East Timor">East Timor</a> is recognized by Portugal, formally ending 23 years of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia" id="mwAYY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Indonesia">Indonesian</a> rule and three years of provisional UN administration (Portugal itself is the former <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_Empire" id="mwAYc" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Portuguese Empire">colonizer</a> of East Timor until 1976).