Beijing targets East Timor, four deals set to be signed

East Timor will sign agreements with Beijing covering air services, healthcare, economic and technical cooperation, ending Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s tour of the region with a swag of new deals.

Horta thanked Xi Jinping in May for his strong support for East Timor’s “nation-building process”. The country has large gas and oil reserves, but major mining companies have described the environment as too challenging, forcing it to turn to Chinese state-backed firms to fund the Timor GAP facility.

PNG Prime Minister James Marape, who is facing an election in July, said China was a “very strategic and important bilateral partner”.“PNG is friends to all and enemies to none,” Marape said. “China is the major buyer of our produce, and we will engage with them more in commerce and trade, as well as other aspects of our bilateral relationship going into the future.”

Wang accused the opponents of China’s plan of using “geopolitical rivalry to misinterpret and smear the cooperation between the two sides”.

Don’t believe on Chi/na’s promise that they don’t have any political objectives, what have they done to South Chi/na Sea?

interesting move........must be available for something

Friends and neighbours.?

When you shaft a fledgling nation & near neighbour, this shouldn't come as a surprise. Would you agree, AlexanderDowner ?

Who did not see this coming please raise their hand......

East Timor will sell out to anyone.

Jealous?

Well done Curly…you showed em Another LiberalAus Morrison MarisePayne success story

Witness K revealed the bugging operation in 2012 after learning Foreign Minister Alexander Downer had become an adviser to Woodside Petroleum, which was benefiting from the treaty.

Meanwhile Australia prosecutes whistleblowers. The LNP ..... 'big' on Australias 'National security' ... which includes screwing over our poorer neighbours

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