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Timor-Leste Signs Four Cooperation Agreements With China

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Timor-Leste Signs Four Cooperation Agreements With China

But like many of its Southeast Asian neighbors, Dili will seek to maintain a judicious balance between dueling hegemons.

Timor-Leste Signs Four Cooperation Agreements With China

Timor-Leste Foreign Minister Adaljiza A.X.R. Magno and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi meet in Dili, Timor-Leste on June 3, 2022.

Credit: Twitter/Adaljiza A.X.R. Magno

China and Timor-Leste signed a series of agreements aimed at boosting economic ties, on the final day of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s 10-day sojourn through the South Pacific on Friday.

The agreements were signed in a meeting between Wang and his Timorese counterpart Adaljiza Magno, during which the two diplomats “held extensive talks on promoting bilateral friendship and cooperation,” and “expressed their strong commitments to further enhance and expand the bilateral economic cooperation,” Timor-Leste’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.

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