Lisboa, 25 Mai (Lusa) - O secretário-geral das Nações Unidas, Kofi Anna n, telefonou hoje de manhã ao primeiro-ministro, José Sócrates, a dar o apoio da ONU ao envio de uma força de segurança portuguesa para a manutenção da ordem pú blica em Timor-Leste.
"O secretário-geral das Nações Unidas telefonou ao primeiro-ministro, J osé Sócrates, a informar o apoio da ONU ao envio de uma força de segurança portu guesa para a manutenção da ordem pública em Timor-Leste", declarou o ministro da Presidência, Pedro Silva Pereira.
Falando no final da reunião do Conselho de Ministros, Pedro Silva Perei ra afirmou que o Governo, desde que rebentou a crise de segurança em Timor-Leste , "respondeu afirmativamente ao pedido de auxílio" do Governo de Díli.
"Portugal tomou iniciativas em termos de preparativos para o envio de u ma missão, quer através de contactos bilaterais com o Governo de Díli, quer inic iativas ao nível diplomático", referiu o titular da pasta da Presidência.
Segundo Pedro Silva Pereira, ao nível diplomático, "o ministro de Estad o e dos Negócios Estrangeiros, Freitas do Amaral, esteve em contacto com os seus homólogos da Austrália, Nova Zelândia e Malásia - países a quem Timor-Leste tam bém pediu auxílio".
"No quadro das Nações Unidas, o ministro de Estado e dos Negócios Estra ngeiros também fez diligências, promovendo uma reunião entre os países que acompanham a situação em Timor-Leste e enviando uma carta para a realização de uma re união do Conselho de Segurança, que já ocorreu", acrescentou o ministro da Presidência A situação de insegurança que se vive em Timor-Leste desde Abril agravo u-se nos últimos dois dias, com confrontos em Díli e arredores entre militares e , hoje, entre elementos das forças armadas e efectivos da polícia nacional, envo lvendo populares, de que resultaram já vários mortos e feridos.
PMF.
quinta-feira, maio 25, 2006
ONU deu apoio para envio de uma força portuguesa - Governo
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as noticias deste lado do mundõ são, face à situação em Timor, de menos importância.
Digam-nos o que sabem daí pois é isso que no prende ao vosso blog
Fotos dos policias que foram mortos.
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WRAPUP 7-Foreign troops land in East Timor as violence rages
(Adds foreigners being evacuated)
By Lirio da Fonseca
DILI, May 25 (Reuters) - Australian commandos arrived in chaotic East Timor on Thursday as raging gunbattles in the capital, Dili, killed at least three people and forced residents to huddle in their homes.
About 150 commandos quickly secured the airport in Dili ahead of the deployment of 1,300 troops to help restore peace and order after weeks of unrest.
At least three people were killed and many wounded, Arlindo Marcal, East Timor ambassador in Jakarta, told Reuters.
The fighting stopped after the commandos landed to the cheers of local residents, Marcal said.
The inexperienced and cash-strapped government of the world's newest independent nation has been struggling to cope with clashes initially sparked by the sacking of around half the army. At least six people had been killed in Dili before Thursday.
Witnesses reported widespread shooting in the capital on Thursday and some buildings had been razed.
"... we are now hiding," one resident told Reuters. "(There are) no people walking around in Dili except the military and also the police."
FOREIGNERS EVACUATED
"It's quite clear the situation in Dili has deteriorated (today)," Australian Prime Minister John Howard told reporters in Canberra. "There are widespread reports of a very chaotic situation."
Howard said the warship HMAS Adelaide was already in Dili harbour.
East Timor asked for troops from Australia, New Zealand, Portugal and Malaysia after a military police unit rebelled and Dili's own forces failed to calm the situation.
One of the tasks of the multinational force will be to evacuate up to 800 Australians in East Timor, along with hundreds of other foreigners, the Australian Associated Press said.
The first evacuees -- about 55 foreign nationals -- were flown to Darwin in northern Australia on Thursday night. They were being put up in a military barracks until flights could be arranged to their home towns in Australia or to their countries, AAP quoted an Emergency Management Australia official as saying.
"I think probably in reality what we are really looking for now is the deployment being able to spread out, particularly around the Dili area," Foreign Minister Alexander Downer told ABC Television.
The Australian soldiers would provide stability so that "the security forces loyal to the government will be able to regroup and that the rebels, too, will be able to concentrate themselves in one area or another, presumably outside of Dili," he said.
SERIOUS NEGOTIATIONS
"In the end, what the East Timorese government has to do is set up and get under way a serious negotiating process to try to resolve those differences," Downer added.
Clashes over the past two months have involved gunbattles and widespread arson, sending thousands to seek safety in the hills, or at embassies, religious institutions and military posts.
A leader of the rebel military faction, Major Alfredo Reinaldo, who was trained in Australia, said he would cooperate with Australian troops but distrusted the East Timor government.
The ostensible reason for the unrest is the unhappiness of sacked soldiers over firings, benefits and discrimination. Reinaldo said fighting was being driven by loyalties to eastern and western parts of the country.
Officials say opposition groups have exploited the situation, sparking attacks and resisting mediation.
Pergunto-me se, dados o nivel dos confrontos a que assistimos ontem e hoje em Dili, e tendo em conta que a GNR sera a unica das forcas internacionais presente em Dili, uma companhia (120) sera suficiente?
Não se engane, meu caro... Duvido que alguém (militares internacionais) saia de lá antes das eleições de 2007...
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