PRIME-MINISTER TAUR MATAN RUAK HOLDS A COURTESY MEETING WITH THE EUROPEAN UNION DELEGATION IN EAST TIMOR
Dili, August 13th, 2019: H.E. Prime Minister Taur Matan Ruak, held a courtesy meeting with the European Union Delegation in East Timor and a mission led by an expert about “Analysis of Economic Decision (ADE-acronym in Portuguese), where the mission is going to verify the government funding in infrastructures’ area.
During the meeting, the European Union Ambassador in Esat Timor, Alexandre Leitão who leads the delegation presented to the Government Head about the task of ADE with the support of Union European in jointly work with the Ministry of Investment and Strategic Planning to verify the government funding, but need to hold a meeting with others members of government, civil society and international workshop to share East Timor’s experience, and the result is going to report in September.
In this occasion, the Head of Government presented the policies and priorities program of the VIII Government to the delegation, based on the PEDN policy and Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations, so that, the delegation will be updated the Government’s policies and priorities in 2020-2023, thus, if ADE take any decision must be based on government priorities related to the mission of European Union in East Timor.
Meanwhile, the Ambassador affirmed, the European Union is going to observe what will be needed by Timor-Leste in the future and how it can be incorporated into the perspective financial of the European Union. ENDS