{"id":37114,"date":"2026-01-30T07:26:39","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T20:26:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=37114"},"modified":"2026-01-30T07:26:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T20:26:39","slug":"strengthening-our-partnership-with-timor-leste","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2026\/01\/30\/strengthening-our-partnership-with-timor-leste\/","title":{"rendered":"Strengthening our partnership with Timor-Leste"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has concluded his first visit to Timor-Leste as Prime Minister.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Dili, he met His Excellency President Dr Jos\u00e9 Ramos-Horta and His Excellency Prime Minister Kay Rala Xanana Gusm\u00e3o.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Prime Minister also addressed the Parliament of Timor-Leste, a great honour for Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prime Minister Albanese and Prime Minister Gusm\u00e3o signed a joint declaration establishing&nbsp;<em>Parseria Foun ba Era Foun<\/em>, which is Tetum for a New Partnership for a New Era.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The declaration is the first of its kind between our two nations and cements our growing economic, security and development partnerships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Parseria&nbsp;<\/em>is a demonstration of our shared commitment to:&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>an open, stable and prosperous region;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>cooperation,\u00a0consultation\u00a0and mutual respect for national sovereignty;\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>support Timor-Leste\u2019s nation building priorities; and\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>strengthen community links.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Prime Minister Albanese announced an Economic Cooperation Package for Timor\u2011Leste, which includes a further $8.2 million to support its participation in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the World Trade Organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The package also includes an $80 million Private Sector Development Program to support Timor-Leste&#8217;s economic diversification and private sector growth through access to credit, business services and marketing support.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, the Prime Minister announced a new $220 million Human Development Initiative to support the delivery of inclusive and high-quality health, education and disability services across Timor-Leste.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Australian Government committed to allocate ten per cent of Australia and Timor-Leste\u2019s combined future upstream revenue from the Greater Sunrise project, once finalised, to the Timor\u2011Leste Infrastructure Fund.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Timor-Leste President Ramos-Horta presented the Prime Minister with the Grand Collar of the Order of Timor-Leste in recognition of his contribution to strengthening ties between Australia and Timor-Leste and commitment to the prosperity of the Timorese people.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Prime Minister Albanese:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis marks a new era of cooperation between our nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt reflects our longstanding friendship and sets out our shared vision for the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt was an honour to visit Timor-Leste at this important moment in its history following its accession to ASEAN.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAustralia will continue to&nbsp;work&nbsp;with&nbsp;Timor-Leste to&nbsp;ensure this delivers peace, stability, and prosperity&nbsp;for the Timorese people and our shared region.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has concluded his first visit to Timor-Leste as Prime Minister. In Dili, he met His Excellency President Dr Jos\u00e9 Ramos-Horta and His Excellency Prime Minister Kay Rala Xanana Gusm\u00e3o. The Prime Minister also addressed the Parliament of Timor-Leste, a great honour for Australia. Prime Minister Albanese and Prime Minister Gusm\u00e3o signed &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2026\/01\/30\/strengthening-our-partnership-with-timor-leste\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Strengthening our partnership with Timor-Leste&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37114"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37114\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37115,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37114\/revisions\/37115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}