Timor meeting in Austria<\/p>\n
On Friday, June 2, 30 East Timorese leaders began a meeting in
\nBur Schlaining Schloss, a small town in Austria about 100 kms of
\nVienna. The participants include 16 East Timorese leaders from
\nIndonesia, like the Bishop of Dili Carlos Felipe Ximenes Belo,
\nwho came as an observer, and 14 East Timorese from overseas,
\nincluding Ramos Horta. The latter group represent two factions --
\nthe moderates and those who persist in opposing integration. All
\nthe participants have come as individuals invited by the United
\nNations.<\/p>\n
Supported by media elements abroad who intentionally distort
\nthe facts, some East Timorese living overseas still fail to
\nrealize that the future of East Timor lies in the territory's
\nintegration with Indonesia, a commitment which was taken on by
\nthe East Timorese people themselves.<\/p>\n
It is in this context that the meeting in Austria can help to
\nrealize that commitment and ensure that development efforts can
\nbe stepped up, unhampered by political maneuvers that can slow
\nthe pace of efforts intended to help the territory to catch up
\nwith other regions in Indonesia.<\/p>\n
We are confident that the East Timorese representatives from
\nIndonesia, and the clear-headed ones among those coming from
\noverseas, will be able to use this gathering as a momentum to end
\nthe integration issue, which will only harm the East Timorese
\nliving abroad as they will be used as tools by anti-Indonesia
\nelements abroad.<\/p>\n
-- Suara Karya, Jakarta<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/timor-meeting-in-austria-1447893297", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }