Subject: LUSA: ET may soon be 8th member of CPLP
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 06:55:40 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Sharon R.A. Scharfe" <pet@web.net>11 AGO 98 - 11:13 East
Timor/Portugal: Territory might soon be eighth member of Community Portuguese-speaking
Countries
Lisbon, 11 Aug (Lusa) - The executive secretary of the Community of Portuguese-speaking
Countries, Marcolino Moco, said in Lisbon on Monday that East Timor could soon become the
community's eighth member state. Moco made the forecast in reaction to Portugal's recent
"victory" in talks with Indonesia under the auspices of the United Nations about
the political future of the occupied territory. Moco said the talks had shown that
Indonesia was now "more flexible" about the issue of East Timor, namely because
of its own internal contradictions and the "heroic fight" of the East Timorese
people, apart from the "persistance of the Portuguese diplomacy and international
pressure on Jakarta". The Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries presently
comprises Portugal, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Sao Tome and Principe, Angola, Mozambique
and Brazil.
Lusa/Fim
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