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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Australian FM warns East Timorese against Chinese debt

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Australia’s foreign minister used a visit to East Timor on Thursday to warn the nation against going into “unsustainable debt” to the Chinese on a major gas project.

Foreign Minister Penny Wong said she discussed with East Timorese President Jose Ramos-Horta the Greater Sunrise, a $50 billion gas field beneath the seabed that separates their two countries.

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