APSN Banner

US congressman plans to present solutions for the East Timor issue to the White House

Source
Lusa - January 22, 1997

Washington – US republican congressman Frank Wolf has said that he will present the Clinton administration with solutions for the East Timor conflict. A spokesman for the congressman told Lusa on Tuesday that Wolf will talk about East Timor in a press conference this week at the US Congress. Wolf is a member of the Human Rights Group of the US Congress and was recently in East Timor for a three-day visit. Washington is considered one of the main western allies of Indonesia. East Timor was invaded by Indonesia in 1975 and annexed one year later but the United Nations still regards Portugal as the territorys administering power Lusa/Fim

Country