A representative from the East Timorese Government says his country is too small to accommodate a regional processing centre for Asylum Seekers.
Timor's Vice Foreign Affairs Minister Alberto Carlos made the comments while celebrating the ninth anniversary of East Timor's independence at a ceremony in Australia's northern city, Darwin yesterday.
The Australian Government had wanted to set up a regional processing centre in East Timor, but it's now abandoned those plans.
Mr Carlos says he's glad Australia will be sending them elsewhere.
He says, "Timor Leste's very small, just newly independent. Yesterday we celebrate our ninth anniversary. We maybe can contribute in other terms."
Timor's Vice Foreign Affairs Minister Alberto Carlos made the comments while celebrating the ninth anniversary of East Timor's independence at a ceremony in Australia's northern city, Darwin yesterday.
The Australian Government had wanted to set up a regional processing centre in East Timor, but it's now abandoned those plans.
Mr Carlos says he's glad Australia will be sending them elsewhere.
He says, "Timor Leste's very small, just newly independent. Yesterday we celebrate our ninth anniversary. We maybe can contribute in other terms."
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