BBC: East Timor invites Burmese dissidents for nytpac@ursula; Fri, 11 Feb 2000 06:44:00 -0500 Via NY Transfer News * All the News That Doesn't Fit source - "John M. Miller" BBC: East Timor invites Burmese dissidents From the newsroom of the BBC World Service Thursday, 3 February, 2000, 12:26 GMT East Timor invites Burmese dissidents The East Timorese independence leader, Xanana Gusmao, has invited the Burmese government-in-exile to open an office in the East Timor capital, Dili, after the territory becomes fully independent. Speaking to the BBC from Thailand, Mr Gusmao said that East Timor and Burma shared an interest in achieving democracy. He's travelling in the region seeking help for rehabilitating the United Nations-controlled territory which voted last year for independence from Indonesia. The Washington-based Prime Minister-in-exile, Sein Win, says he and his National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma will accept the offer of a Dili office. END etanetanetanetanetanetanetanetanetanetanetanetanetanetanetanetan John M. Miller Internet: john@etan.org Media & Outreach Coordinator, East Timor Action Network 48 Duffield St., Brooklyn, NY 11201 USA Phone: (718)596-7668 Fax: (718)222-4097 Web site: http://www.etan.org Send a blank e-mail message to info@etan.org to find out how to learn more about East Timor on the Internet etanetanetanetanetanetanetanetanetanetanetanetanetanetanetanetan ================================================================= NY Transfer News Collective * A Service of Blythe Systems Since 1985 - Information for the Rest of Us 339 Lafayette St., New York, NY 10012 http://www.blythe.org e-mail: nyt@blythe.org ================================================================= nytpac-02.11.00-06:43:59-14974