EAST TIMOR: PM stands by plan to increase military capacity
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East Timor's Prime Minister is standing by his commitment to increase the military capacity of the nation. A Report Force 2020, the equivalent of a defence white paper, caused recent controversy over its proposed three-thousand strong defence force and a navy equipped with missiles.
The Australian government was not directly consulted during the report's development and is reportedly confident the plan will never come to fruition.
East Timor's Prime Minister, Estanislau da Silva; Indonesian defence expert, Bob Lowry; Charles Scheiner, from La'o Hamutuk, the east Timor Institute for Reconstruction, Monitoring and Analysis
Presenter: Sonja Heydeman
