His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Haji Omar ‘Ali Saifuddien Sa’adul Khairi Waddien, Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam, on Thursday received in audience Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste Bendito dos Santos Freitas, who is in Brunei Darussalam for a three-day Official Visit.

During the Audience Ceremony, His Majesty and the minister reaffirmed the warm and friendly ties shared between Brunei Darussalam and the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, in which both countries have good cooperation in education as well as people-to-people exchanges.

On regional matters, His Majesty expressed Brunei Darussalam’s continuous support for Timor-Leste’s accession to ASEAN and welcomed the positive progress towards this end.

Accompanying the minister were Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste to Brunei DarussalamAbel Guterres; and Director-General of Bilateral Affairs for Asia and Oceania Marcos dos Reis da Costa.

Also present was Second Minister of Foreign Affairs Dato Seri Setia Awang Haji Erywan bin Pehin Datu Pekerma Jaya Haji Mohd Yusof.

The Audience Ceremony took place at Istana Nurul Iman.

-- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin