{"id":58827,"date":"2023-09-29T16:28:43","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T07:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2023\/sep\/29\/jose-ramos-horta-timor-leste-president-china-strategic-partnership-australian-intelligence-agencies"},"modified":"2023-09-29T16:28:43","modified_gmt":"2023-09-29T07:28:43","slug":"jose-ramos-horta-says-australian-intelligence-agencies-know-very-well-china-deal-is-of-no-concern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=58827","title":{"rendered":"Jos\u00e9 Ramos-Horta says Australian intelligence agencies \u2018know very well\u2019 China deal is of no concern"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Timor-Leste\u2019s president alludes to 2004 spying scandal as he brushes off concerns about new strategic partnership with Beijing<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/live\/2023\/sep\/29\/australia-news-live-disability-report-royal-commission-amanda-rishworth-afl-football-grand-final-heat-indigenous-voice-to-parliament-weather\">Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Get our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl\">morning and afternoon news emails<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/app.adjust.com\/w4u7jx3\">free app<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/series\/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl\">daily news podcast<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Australian intelligence agencies \u201cknow very well\u201d that Timor-Leste\u2019s decision to upgrade diplomatic relations with China is nothing to worry about, the country\u2019s president has said, in an apparent reference to the 2004 spying scandal.<\/p>\n<p>Jos\u00e9 Ramos-Horta has sought to ease any concerns among Timor-Leste\u2019s neighbours about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2023\/sep\/28\/playing-the-china-card-or-a-serious-regional-threat-timor-lestes-new-deal-with-beijing-australia\">the country\u2019s new comprehensive strategic partnership with China<\/a>, despite the agreement flagging plans to expand military exchanges.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/email-newsletters?CMP=copyembed\">Sign up for Guardian Australia\u2019s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2023\/sep\/29\/jose-ramos-horta-timor-leste-president-china-strategic-partnership-australian-intelligence-agencies\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Timor-Leste\u2019s president alludes to 2004 spying scandal as he brushes off concerns about new strategic partnership with BeijingFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcas&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2085,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sns_share_botton_hide":"","vkExUnit_sns_title":"","_vk_print_noindex":"","sitemap_hide":"","_veu_custom_css":"","veu_display_promotion_alert":"","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[41,43,324,664],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-australia-news","category-australian-politics","category-timor-leste"],"aioseo_notices":[],"veu_head_title_object":{"title":"","add_site_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2085"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=58827"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58827\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58828,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58827\/revisions\/58828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=58827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=58827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=58827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}