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East Timor ‘Confident’ on Reaching Agreement With Australia Over Greater Sunrise

“I am optimistic about an agreement in 2024,” Mr. Gusmao said.
East Timor ‘Confident’ on Reaching Agreement With Australia Over Greater Sunrise
Timor-Leste Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao gestures as he leaves the Defense Ministry office in Jakarta on Feb. 10, 2014. Adek Berry/AFP/Getty Images
Henry Jom
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East Timorese Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao is confident that a deal to finalise an agreement with Australia over the Greater Sunrise gas and oil project will be reached by early 2024.

The Greater Sunrise field in the Timor Sea has been a source of contention between both countries as East Timor (or Timor-Leste) pushes for gas and oil in the Greater Sunrise fields to be redirected from Darwin to his country’s south coast.

Henry Jom
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Henry Jom is a reporter for The Epoch Times, Australia, covering a range of topics, including medicolegal, health, political, and business-related issues. He has a background in the rehabilitation sciences and is currently completing a postgraduate degree in law. Henry can be contacted at [email protected]
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