CANBERRA, ACT, Jan. 28 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release:
Your Excellency, President Jose Ramos-Horta.
Your Excellency, Prime Minister Xanana Gusmão.
Your Excellency, President of the National Parliament of Timor-Leste, Maria Fernanda Lay.
Ministers, Vice Ministers and Secretaries of State of the Government of Timor-Leste.
And Members of the National Parliament of Timor-Leste.
Boatarde.
Thank you for your warm welcome, and for granting me the great honour of addressing your Parliament, the heart of your proud democracy.
Timor-Leste is a magnificent country, and Dili is a magnificent city.
Set within a landscape of such deep natural beauty and positioned on the edge of a shining sea.
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