East Timor clears border treaty with Aust

Updated July 23 2019 - 11:28pm, first published 8:42pm
East Timor's parliament has voted to ratify a maritime boundary treaty with Australia.
East Timor's parliament has voted to ratify a maritime boundary treaty with Australia.

The parliament of impoverished East Timor has voted in favour of ratifying a maritime boundary treaty with Australia that governs how the countries will share billions of dollars of oil and gas riches lying beneath the Timor Sea.

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