| Subject: Portugal, Timor Sign Military
Cooperation Agreement
BBC Monitoring International Reports January 17, 2005 PORTUGAL, EAST TIMOR TO SIGN PROGRAMME ON MILITARY-TECHNICAL COOPERATION Text of a report entitled "Neto's visit to East Timor postponed until the end of the month", published in Portuguese newspaper Diario de Noticias web site on 17 January The secretary of state for defence's visit to East Timor, due to start tomorrow (Tuesday 18 January), has been postponed until the end of the month. Jorge Neto is now expected to visit the country on 30 January, during which he will sign the Military-Technical Cooperation Programme for 2005 with the Timorese authorities. According to Timorese official data cited by (news agency) Lusa, Portugal is presently East Timor's most important defence partner, as a result of the 5.4m US dollars-worth (4m euros) of military assistance. (Editor's note: On 16 January, Lusa reported that the Portuguese official will remain in East Timor until 2 February. Portugal's assistance consists of armed forces training, equipment and maintenance support, among others.) Source: Diario de Noticias web site, Lisbon, in Portuguese 17 Jan 05 Back to January menu Note: For those who would like to fax "the powers that be" - CallCenter is a Native 32-bit Voice Telephony software application integrated with fax and data communications... and it's free of charge! Download from http://www.v3inc.com/ |