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The following is the full text of the Statement on East Timor which was contained in the European Union Presidency Conclusions - Vienna 11 and 12 December 1998:

EAST TIMOR

122.

The European Council hopes that the encouraging results of the negotiations between Portugal and Indonesia under the auspices of the UN Secretary-General will be followed by tangible progress on the ground, notably through a real and substantial reduction in the military presence in the territory, the liberation of Timorese leader Xanana Gusmao as well as of all the political prisoners and the establishment in East Timor of a permanent UN presence. The European Council is of the view that a definitive solution to the East Timor question will not be possible without free consultation to establish the real will of the East Timorese people.

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