Minister of State and of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers and

Official Spokesperson for the Government of Timor-Leste

  Díli, March 18, 2015

Prime Minister is expected to return to Timor-Leste later this week

The Prime Minister, Dr. Rui Maria de Araújo, is recovering well and is expected to be discharged from hospital today.

According to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Hernâni Coelho, the medical team of experts from the National University Hospital of Singapore (NUHS), where the Prime Minister is staying since Monday afternoon to undergo medical examinations, said that the Head of Government may return to Díli later this week.

Minister Hernâni Coelho also said that this morning the Prime Minister, Dr. Rui Maria de Araújo, met with the Hospital management team to thank them for their undivided attention in treating him during these days.

At this meeting, the Prime Minister also discussed the cooperation established two years ago between Timor-Leste and the NUHS in the area of healthcare.

The Prime Minister is in Singapore, transferred from Hospital Nacional Guido Valadares, in Díli, after feeling unwell, on Sunday evening, on his return from a working visit to Ainaro.