East Timor President Ramos-Horta has ruled out a security pact with China’s ruling communist regime but defended his country’s decision to sign a slew of deals across areas including agriculture and economic cooperation.
China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his East Timor counterpart Adaljiza Magno on Friday approved a series of agreements in East Timor’s capital of Dili as Wang’s final stop on a 10-day tour of the South Pacific.
Under the agreements, the two countries will cooperate in the areas of economy, capacity building, infrastructure, agriculture, health, and the media. The Chinese regime will also dispatch a Chinese medical team to Timor-Leste and provide the Pacific nation with 17 scholarships for students to study in China….