Indonesia-Timor Leste Ministers Hold Economic, Border Talks
The two ministers agreed to begin discussions on a joint free-trade zone agreement for the border industrial area.
JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com \- Indonesian Foreign Affairs Minister Retno Marsudi and her Timor Leste counterpart, Adaljiza Albertina Xavier Reis Magno, met in Jakarta on Wednesday, Jan. 11, to discuss efforts to increase economic cooperation and settle land boundaries between the two countries. In a written statement, the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that the two ministers agreed to begin discussions on a joint free-trade zone agreement for the border industrial area between Oecusse district in Timor Leste and East Nusa Tenggara province in Indonesia. In addition, they discussed the imp...