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East Timor president pushes back on environmental criticism

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, second right, and East Timor's President Jose Ramos-Horta, second left, attend a signing ceremony between East Timor's Defense Minister Filomeno Paixao de Jesus and Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles, right, at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022. Ramos-Horta is on an official visit to Australia. (Lukas Coch/AAP Image via AP)

East Timorese President Jose Ramos-Horta, left, signs the visitors book as Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese watches ahead of a bilateral meeting at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022. Ramos-Horta is on an official visit to Australia. (Lukas Coch/AAP Image via AP)

FILE - East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta speaks during a joint press conference with Indonesian President Joko Widodo at the Presidential Palace in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia, on July 19, 2022. Ramos-Horta is scheduled to arrive in Australia on Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022 for a state visit as negotiations over lucrative gas resources reach a critical stage for his impoverished nation. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim, File)

East Timor president pushes back on environmental criticism