East Timor warned: Be wary of Chinese debt

By Associated Press

Sep 02, 2022 12:31 am

CANBERRA: Australia's top diplomat used a visit to East Timor on Thursday to warn the Southeast Asian country 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.

DANGER TO DILI Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong speaks during a visit to East Timor’s capital Dili on Sept. 1, 2022. AUSTRALIAN DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE PHOTO VIA AP

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