Article: PHILIPPINES TO HELP IN RECONSTRUCTION OF EAST TIMOR.

MANILA, Feb 11 Asia Pulse - The Estrada administration has assured East Timor of assistance in rehabilitating and developing its farming and fishery sector by offering an initial batch of agricultural experts to do the job.

Secretary Edgardo Angara of the Department of Agriculture relayed this assurance to East Timor independence leaders Jose Alexandre "Xanana" Gusmao and Jose Ramos-Horta during their recent visit to the DA office in Quezon City.

"We will be very happy to extend technical assistance to East Timor as much as we can," Angara told Gusmao and Ramos-Horta, both of whom are widely acknowledged to become president and vice president ...

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