DILI, 16 march 2022 (TATOLI) – The Council of Minister (CoM) has today approved a government resolution on an agreement between the Government of Timor-Leste and the Group of Seven Plus (g7+) presented by the Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (MNEK), Julião da Silva.
“This agreement was approved in order for Timor-Leste to contribute US$ 1 million every year to support the activities of the g7+ between 2022 and 2022,” Minister of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, Fidelis Manuel Leite Magalhães told reporters at the Palace of Government, in Dili, today.
Magalhães said the subsidy would be used to promote cooperation between the Member States, financing the operating costs, and also supporting the organization of the annual ministerial meeting of the g7+.
Goodbye Conflict, Welcome Development The g7+, established in 2010, is an intergovernmental voluntary organization bringing together countries that are either facing active conflict or have recent experience of conflict and fragility
The g7+ as a group also aims to advocate at a global level for better policies for international engagement in countries affected by conflict and fragility.
It has 20 member countries from Asia, the Pacific, Africa, and the Caribbean with a combined population of 260 million.
The group has since expanded to represent twenty member countries namely Afghanistan, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte d’Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Liberia, Papua New Guinea, São Tomé, and Príncipe, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Solomon Islands, South Sudan, Timor-Leste, Togo, and Yemen.
Journalist: Filomeno Martins
Editor: Rafy Belo
