| Subject: AFP: Portugal doubles aid to East
Timor
Portugal doubles aid to East Timor LISBON, June 14 (AFP) - Portugal will nearly double its aid package to its former colony East Timor, Portuguese Foreign Minister Jaime Gama announced on Wednesday. Speaking on the sidelines of an EU foreign ministers meeting in Luxembourg, Gama told Lisbon's TSF radio station that the Portuguese government would make available 100 million dollars (105 million euros) this year. In 1999, Portuguese aid to East Timor -- part of an international initiative to help reconstruct the country -- amounted to 55 million dollars promised and paid in 1999. East Timor, annexed by Indonesia in 1976, is currently under United Nations administration pending independence scheduled in three years' time. June Menu
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