The two governments have agreed in principle to boost trade and technical cooperation as well. Maritime disputes should be settled by the end of the year. Border posts are opened to facilitate ...

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has lashed out at embattled East Timorese Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri for suggesting that Jakarta had a role in fomenting unrest in Dili. "It runs ...

DILI, Indonesia — Proud, optimistic, determined to have the last word, almost all the registered voters here in East Timor cast their ballots yesterday in a referendum on the territory’s future. For ...

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Australia's Foreign Minister, Alexander Downer, says there is absolutely no evidence that Indonesia is behind any of the continuing violence in East Timor. Mr Downer paid a half-day visit to Dili ...

This page is no longer being updated. It was last updated on 5 June 2023 East Timor or Timor-Leste's road to independence - achieved on 20 May 2002 - was long and traumatic. The people of the first ...

On February 13, Timor-Leste’s Prime Minister Taur Matan Ruak met his Indonesian counterpart President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo in the Indonesian satellite city of Bogor, home to one of the country’s many ...

DILI, Indonesia – About 300 separatist protesters demonstrated Monday in East Timor after an offer from Indonesia to give up control of the former Portuguese colony. Last week, Indonesia said it would ...

Jakarta, Dec. 7: Indonesian troops invaded Portuguese East Timor to-day and together with pro-Indonesian forces seized the war-torn capital city of Dili. The Indonesian Foreign Minister, Dr. Adam ...