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SG/SM/6883

FOREIGN MINISTERS OF INDONESIA, PORTUGAL TO MEET WITH SECRETARY-GENERAL ON PLAN FOR EAST TIMOR 8 FEBRUARY

3 February 1999


Press Release
SG/SM/6883


FOREIGN MINISTERS OF INDONESIA, PORTUGAL TO MEET WITH SECRETARY-GENERAL ON PLAN FOR EAST TIMOR 8 FEBRUARY

19990203 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Foreign Ministers of Indonesia and Portugal have accepted the invitation of the Secretary-General to meet with him in New York on Monday, 8 February. Their discussions will, inter alia, focus on a review of the United Nations plan for a wide ranging autonomy for East Timor, and also on the reported Indonesian proposal of independence for East Timor in case the autonomy proposal is rejected by the majority of East Timorese. The meetings will also discuss the situation on the ground in East Timor.

The Foreign Ministers are scheduled to have preliminary meetings on Sunday, 7 February, with the Personal Representative of the Secretary-General for East Timor, Jamsheed Marker.

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