Penny Wong's first visit to Timor as foreign minister comes as President Jose Ramos-Horta plans his own trip to Australia to meet PM Anthony Albanese. auspol EastTimor
instead if Woodside, which has a 33.44 per cent stake in Greater Sunrise, did not support on-shore processing there.Analysts say south-east Asia’s youngest country is using Beijing’s increasing desire to project power in the region as leverage to try to get its own way on the long-delayed development, on which its economic future depends.
Ramos-Horta is due to head to Australia the week after on September 7 and East Timor’s ambassador in Canberra, Ines Maria de Almeida, said offshore gas could be on the agenda when he meets with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. Ramos-Horta has since been criticised by civil society groups in Timor for awarding a presidential honour to retired Indonesian general Abdullah Mahmud Hendropriyono on Saturday.
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