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Empowerment of President Taur Matan Ruak

President Cavaco Silva attends empowerment ceremony of President Taur Matan Ruak in East Timor

The President of the Republic attended, in Taci Tolu, Dili, the empowerment ceremony of the new President of the East Timor People’s Republic, Taur Matan Ruak.

Together with other heads of state or their representatives, President Aníbal Cavaco Silva was present at the extraordinary plenary session of the Timorese Parliament that confirmed the election of the new President, and later attended the speeches delivered on the occasion.

Earlier, the President of the Republic had been invited to a reception held in the Presidential Palace, also attended by the several international leaders present at the celebrations of the 10th anniversary of the independence of East Timor.