Governor says Portugal afraid

Governor says Portugal afraid

DILI, East Timor: Governor Abilio Jose Osorio Soares said here
on Saturday that the continued postponement of discussions on
East Timor at the United Nations shows that Portugal is scared of
a head-on debate on it.

"For Portugal's own interest the issue has to be
postponed. If it wasn't they would lose," he said as quoted by
Antara.

The UN General Assembly has postponed discussion of East Timor
for the 14th consecutive time.

The former Portuguese colony was integrated as part of
Indonesia in 1976.

"We can assume that the postponement is because Portugal is
scared. If there is a vote they know they will definitely lose,
so they keep on asking for a postponement," Soares remarked.
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