Da Costa replaces Belo at AETD II

Da Costa replaces Belo at AETD II

DILI, East Timor: The United Nations has agreed to the participation of Jose Antonio da Costa, Vicar General of the Dili diocese, to replace Bishop Carlos Felipe Ximenes Belo at tomorrow's All-Inclusive Inter-East Timor Dialog in Austria.

Antara reported that Da Costa had left to join the other Indonesian participants in Jakarta. The Vicar General is the second highest position after the Bishop.

The four-day meeting, due to begin tomorrow, is the second held between East Timorese people who are against the region's 1976 integration to Indonesia, with those who support it.

Belo said he is not attending because he was busy preparing for the upcoming Easter celebrations. (mds)