Source record CMC Political Work Department · 2026-08-19

Timor-Leste President Horta Meets Dong Jun

东帝汶总统奥尔塔会见董军

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Desk	China Desk
Publishing institution	CMC Political Work Department
Source outlet	PLA Daily (解放军报) (pla_daily)
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Source-stated publication date	2026-08-19
Original URL	http://www.81.cn/yw_208727/16480189.html
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8月18日，东帝汶总统奥尔塔在帝力会见到访的中国国防部长董军。奥尔塔说，感谢中方自东帝汶独立以来给予的长期支持和援助，希望两军进一步深化拓展务实合作。东帝汶坚定恪守一个中国政策，反对任何国家干涉中国内政。南海问题应由当事国通过双边谈判解决，东帝汶愿同中国等地区各国一道，把南海打造成为和平、友谊、合作之海。董军转达习近平主席的亲切问候，向东民族解放武装力量纪念日致以诚挚祝贺。董军说，两国领导人就发展中东关系达成系列重要共识，推动双边关系迈入历史最好时期。此次中国国防部长首次访东，旨在深化两军战略互信，提升防务合作水平，为中东命运共同体建设提供有力支撑。中方赞赏东方坚持战略自主，坚守公平正义，坚定支持东国防和军队建设发展。我们愿同东方一道，密切战略协同，提升合作质效，推动两军关系迈上新台阶。访问期间，东帝汶总理夏纳纳为董军举行欢迎仪式，并进行正式会谈。

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Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun met Timorese President José Ramos-Horta and Prime Minister Xanana Gusmão in Dili on August 18 in what the article describes as the first-ever visit by a Chinese defense minister to Timor-Leste, with Horta endorsing Beijing's South China Sea bilateral-negotiation position and reaffirming the one-China policy. The visit documents PLA outreach into a small Pacific-adjacent state that sits astride the Ombai-Wetar Strait, a strategically significant passage for submarine transit, though the article specifies no concrete defense agreements, leaving the actual content of any expanded military cooperation unknown. The framing around 命运共同体 (community with a shared future) and "strategic autonomy" fits the pattern of Beijing using defense diplomacy to lock in diplomatic positioning from smaller states on Taiwan and the South China Sea ahead of potential flashpoints.

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Source text. CMC Political Work Department. "东帝汶总统奥尔塔会见董军." PLA Daily (解放军报), 2026-08-19. http://www.81.cn/yw_208727/16480189.html.

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