Hillary Clinton in East Timor, hoping to lend stability to Asia's poorest country (+video)

Hillary Clinton visited East Timor Thursday. It was the first visit by a US secretary of state to East Timor since it gained its independence from Indonesia in 2002.

By Andrew Quinn,?Reuters / September 5, 2012

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (c.) is greeted by East Timor's Presidential Chief of Staff Fidelis Magalhaes (r.) at the Presidential Palace in Dili September 6. Clinton arrived in Dili, capital of Asia's newest nation of East Timor on Thursday, hoping to bolster the fledgling government that is trying to bring the impoverished country closer in step with its booming neighbors in Southeast Asia.

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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in?Asia's newest nation of?East Timor?on Thursday, hoping to bolster the fledgling government that is trying to bring the impoverished country closer in step with its booming neighbors in?Southeast Asia.

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Clinton arrived in the capital Dili after a day of talks in?China?and was due to meet President?Taur Matan Ruak?and Prime Minister?Xanana Gusmao?during a brief visit before heading on to?Brunei.

US officials said the visit by Clinton - the first US secretary of state to travel to?East Timor?since it won independence from?Indonesia?in 2002 - was an effort to buttress both stability and growth in one of?Asia's poorest countries.

"Timor?is still plagued with substantial violence ... they have a long way to go," one senior US officials told reporters on Clinton's plane.

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