"Given Greater Sunrise falls within Timor Leste, why does Australia get any (oil royalties)? It was 50-50 when there were no (sea) boundaries. After they agreed on the boundaries everything was different."
— Mari Alkatiri

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Mari Alkatiri (2019) cited in: "Timor’s former PM: Australia’s spies didn’t fool me" in The Australian, 28 August 2019.

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Mari Alkatiri

2002 – 2006

Mari Alkatiri (born 26 November 1949) is a East Timorese politician. He was the former Prime Minister of East Timor in 2002–2006 and 2017–2018.

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