Laos, Timor Leste bolster cooperation

Laos, Timor Leste bolster cooperation

General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith held talks with visiting President of Timor Leste Jose Ramos-Horta on February 29.
Indonesia, Timor-Leste seek solutions to border issues

Indonesia, Timor-Leste seek solutions to border issues

Indonesia and Timor-Leste have come up with several agreements, including an agreement to complete land boundary negotiations on the occasion of a state visit to Indonesia by Timor-Leste Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao.
Indonesia, Timor Leste agree on investment treaty talks

Indonesia, Timor Leste agree on investment treaty talks

Indonesian President Joko Widodo and Timor Leste Prime Minister Taur Matan Ruak agreed on a number of commitments, including one related to the establishment of a bilateral investment treaty, during their meeting in Jakarta on February 13.
Timor-Leste reaffirms readiness for ASEAN membership

Timor-Leste reaffirms readiness for ASEAN membership

Timor-Leste has reiterated its readiness to become a member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) while working with the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC) Fact-Finding Mission to the country.
Floods, landslides kill over 150 in Indonesia, Timor Leste

Floods, landslides kill over 150 in Indonesia, Timor Leste

Floods and landslides triggered by tropical cyclone Seroja in a cluster of islands in southeast Indonesia and Timor Leste have killed at least 157 people, with many still unaccounted for and thousands displaced, authorities said on April 6. ​
Timor-Leste Prime Minister resigns

Timor-Leste Prime Minister resigns

Timor-Leste’s Prime Minister Taur Matan Ruak offered a letter of resignation on February 25 after the collapse of a coalition supporting him in parliament, plunging the country into new political uncertainty.
Australia helps Timor Leste build gas pipeline

Australia helps Timor Leste build gas pipeline

The 2 billion AUD (1.4 billion USD) Australian Infrastructure Financing Facility for the Pacific (AIFFP) is negotiating with Timor Leste on the financing of a gas pipeline worth 500 million AUD (350 million USD) that will connect with a gas plant to be built on the coast of the south Southeast Asian country.
Australia, Timor-Leste reach draft agreement on maritime border

Australia, Timor-Leste reach draft agreement on maritime border

Australia and Timor-Leste have agreed on a draft of the agreement on maritime border delimitation reached in August, ending a decade-old dispute related to oil and gas fields between the two nations, according to the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague, the Netherlands.