Timor-Leste chairs CPLP from 2014-16, Heads of State meet in 2014 in Díli

Timor-Leste chairs CPLP from 2014-16, Heads of State meet in 2014 in Díli:
20 of July 2012: The Conference of Heads of States of CPLP meeting in Maputo accepted the availability of Timor-Leste in the biennium 2014-16 to preside for the first time over this organisation of Portuguese speaking countries.
The decision was announced at the closing plenary session of the Conference of Heads of State of CPLP on 20 July 2012 in the capital of Mozambique.
“It was rewarding to come to Maputo to take with me this fateful decision which is important to our people and our country”, said President Taur Matan Ruak.
“I invite all CPLP Heads of State to come to Dili in July 2014 and, why not, everybody in this assembly, too”, the President added in a short emotional address.
The brief words of the Timorese Head of State were twice interrupted by the applause of more than one thousand people attending the closing plenary session of the CPLP Conference 2012.
“My attendance at this Conference exactly two months today from my inauguration as President of the Republic signals the priority that CPLP has to me and in the heart of the Timorese people”, the President had said in the afternoon session of the Conference.
Guiné-Bissau
President Taur Matan Ruak welcomed the delegation of Guinea-Bissau led by interim President Raimundo Pereira at the meeting and invited the Guinean military to visit our country.
“Timor-Leste has a rich experience in the transformation of a guerrilla force of national liberators into a conventional armed force, modern and technically equipped to contribute to the increased security and welfare of our people,” said the Head of State.
“I believe that knowledge of our process may be useful for other sister forces seeking ways for their own transformation,” he added.