Engagement Ring In East Timor 138

Engagement Ring In East Timor.

By Samina aamir.

Australia and East Timor are near neighbors with close political and trade ties. East Timor, one of the poorest countries in Asia, lies about 610 kilometres northwest of the Australian city of Darwin and Australia has played a prominent role in the young republic's history. Australia has an embassy in Dili. East Timor has an embassy in Canberra and a consulate general in Sydney.

Australia led the military force that helped stabilize the country after it gained independence from Indonesia in 1999 and has been a major source of aid since.

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1 History

2 Military

3 Trade and investment

3.1 Oil disputes

4 Aid

5 References

History.

Australian soldiers participating in UN peacekeeping operations in East Timor

Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam told Indonesia that his government would not oppose an annexation of East Timor in 1975,[1] a decision that quickly proved controversial at home. In October 1975, Indonesian troops poured across East Timor's border with Indonesian West Timor at the town of Balibo. Among those killed by the advancing

Indonesian troops were five Australia-based journalists, who came to be known as the Balibo Five. Many in Australia and elsewhere[2] were convinced that the murder of the unarmed reporters was intentional. The incident placed East Timor at the top of Australia's international diplomacy agenda and Australia's involvement with East Timor has deepened since independence, especially after the internal conflict in 2006 and the sending of Australian peacekeepers.