June 4, 2022

On his last day of his 10-day visit to the Pacific Island countries (PICs), Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with President of Timor-Leste José Ramos-Horta in Dili, Timor-Leste’s capital city, on Saturday. The two countries vowed to continue to promote the high-quality construction of the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative, and they reached a series of cooperation agreements.

Marking 20 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries, the Timor-Leste President said that Timor-Leste is grateful to the Chinese government and people for their tremendous support over the long term. 

From the very beginning of diplomatic relations between our two countries, we have always firmly adhered to the one-China principle, no matter what difficulties and pressures we have faced, Ramos-Horta said, noting that Timor-Leste has full confidence and expectation in the future of the bilateral relations.

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