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Meeting between East Timor's Gusmao and ex-militia chief cancelled
A planned reconcilation meeting between East Timor's independence leader Xanana Gusmao and former militia chief Eurico Gutteres has failed to eventuate.
The two were due to meet yesterday in Denpasar on Bali island but according to Guterres' lawyer Hukman Reni, Mr Gusmao only sent an envoy, David Ximenes.
The lawyer says Guterres refused to see the envoy as he wanted to meet only with Xanana Gusmao.
Reni says his client is still prepared to meet with Xanana but it should be face-to-face.
Xanana Gusmao is expected to become the first president of the world's newest nation.
His proposed meeting with Guterres had been arranged by a senior officer of the UN Transitional Administration in East Timor and a Roman Catholic priest.
The two had been due to discuss reconciliation efforts and the repatriation of East Timorese refugees still in squalid camps in Indonesian West Timor.
20/11/01 4:43:40 | ABC Radio Australia News
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