Australia asked to help reduce illegal fishing in Timor waters- RTL

Last Updated on Tuesday, 22 December 2009 11:09 Written by Julio Team Thursday, 14 August 2008 11:07

The State Secretary for Defense Julio Tomas Pinto said yesterday that the Defense Department would inform the Council of Ministers of their request to the Australian maritime ships to control illegal fisheries on the Timor Sea. Mr Pinto said that the while the Australian Government was ready to support the maritime ships, they were awaiting authorization from the Timorese Goverment to do so. Mr Pinto said that such cooperation between Australian and Timor-Leste was very important to reducing the incidents of illegal fishing. Readmore