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Jack MOORE

East Timor Says Australia Pipeline Deal To Be Struck By November

East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta hosted Pope Francis this week for a three-day visit (Credit: AFP)

East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta said on Wednesday a deal with Australia on a vast fossil fuel project seen as crucial to the tiny nation's economic future will be struck by November.

Speaking to AFP at his residence in the capital Dili, the Nobel-winning leader said an agreement on the Greater Sunrise project -- which aims to tap trillions of cubic feet of natural gas -- would be signed within weeks.

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