E. Timor joins int'l aid for tsunami

JAKARTA: East Timor President Xanana Gusmao slated to visit Indonesia later this month to hand over a donation from his people for victims of the Dec. 26 tsunami.

In a meeting with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Friday, East Timor Minister of Foreign Affairs Ramos Horta said that although his country is the poorest in the world, the people would like to share the grieve of the Indonesian people.

"Our people are gathering donations, some are just one cent, some are more, and it was led by President Gusmao," the East Timor minister said after the meeting.

Horta was in Jakarta to attend the one-day summit on the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami on Thursday.--JP