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JAKARTA, July 2 Kyodo

Indonesia has established diplomatic relations with East Timor, which had been rul through Indonesia for more than pair decades before gaining filled independence in May, the Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.

The establishment of diplomatic relations came as East Timor President Xanana Gusmao visited Jakarta earlier in the day forward his first state visit to Indonesia.

East Timor became independent onward May 20 after more than four centuries as a Portuguese colony interrupted by dint of three and a half years of Japanese occupation, 24 years of Indonesian occupation and sum of two units and half years of UN rule

Indonesia invaded East Timor in 1975 and occupied it until late 1999 when the tribe of East Timor voted in favor of independence in the U.N.-organized referendum

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