East Timor discusses future role of Australian soldiers
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East Timor's government has met to discuss the future role of Australian soldiers in the country.
Sara Everingham reports.
There are about 650 Australian defence force members in East Timor as part of the International Stabilisation Force or ISF.
Brigadier Bill Sowry has been the commander of the ISF for the past nine and a half months. He says there are increasing signs of stability in East Timor.
Yesterday, he says, East Timor's government discussed the future role of the force.
"Determining how they see the future of the ISF, once they've had that they will have discussions with our government and the United Nations because it is a trilateral arrangement," he said.
Yesterday Brigadier Sowry finished his time as the commander of the International Stabilisation Force and handed over to Commodore Stuart Mayer from the Australian Navy.
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