(Sydney Reuters) East Timor President Ramos -Olta said that East Timor has never discussed military cooperation with China and emphasized that East Timor will not become a security concern for neighboring neighbors.
When Ramos -Olta accepted a Reuters' telecommunications, a comprehensive strategic framework agreement signed with Chinese officials last week with East Timor Prime Minister Gusmang showed that East Timor and China "never discussed military cooperation matters once, onceNothing, China has never mentioned this issue. "
Chinese official last Saturday (September 23) met with Gusang, who went to China to attend the opening ceremony of the 19th Asian Games.The leaders of the two countries jointly announced that the relationship between China and East Timor was promoted into a comprehensive strategic partnership.
Chinese official media reported on the same day that the agreement reached by China and East Timor also covered military exchanges, and some Australian politicians expressed concern.East Timor is about 700 kilometers northwest of Australia.
Ramos -Olta emphasized that East Timor will not become troublemakers, nor will it introduce foreign elements that endanger the neutral and peaceful security policies of Asia to the East Timor.
He bluntly stated: "Indonesia and Australia, and the closest to us, Singapore and Malaysia can care about it, East Timor will not become a troublemaker, and it will not bring security problems."
In principle, Yaxian accepted East Timor to become the 11th member states, and it has officially awarded it to observe the identity of the country, and allows East Timor to participate in all the Asian Security Conferences, including the Asian Summer Summit's plenary meeting.East Timor's goal is to officially join the Asian Safe in 2025 and reduce the poverty rate of East Timor.
China East Timor Relations Quotes Australia's Worries
The increasingly strong and independent China is trying to establish a security relationship with developing countries around Australia, which has sounded the alarm for Canberra.
Australian Minister of Defense Mars announced on Thursday (28th) announced a large -scale reorganization of the army, including focusing on the development of new long -range strike capabilities to maintain peace, security and prosperity in the Pacific region of India.
Ramos -Olta said that East Timor currently only has extensive security cooperation with Australia, of which Canberra provides East Timor with military and police consultants and patrol boats; Australia is also the largest assistant country in East Timor.He revealed that China's support is mainly concentrated in the fields of infrastructure, finance, agriculture and health.
East Timor signed a comprehensive strategic framework agreement with China, which covers the development cooperation in agriculture and infrastructure.This agreement is also formed by East Timor, including loans from the Chinese government and business community.
Ramos -Olta said: "At present, we have not obtained any loans from China. In the future, we may loan from China ... but we will never accept any difficulty, sustainable, and high interest loans."
