In António Costa's agenda, in addition to meetings with the most important figures of the State, a highlight is the visit, on the second and last day of the program in Timor-Leste, to the Santa Cruz cemetery, where the massacre of November 12, 1991, during the Indonesian occupation, took place, and where more than 300 Timorese died.

On today's agenda the highlights are meetings with two historical figures of Timor-Leste: the President, José Ramos-Horta, and the Prime Minister, Xanana Gusmão.

The presence in the National Parliament, currently chaired by Fernanda Lay, the first woman to hold the position in Timor-Leste, is scheduled for Wednesday, the last day of the official visit to the country of 1.3 million inhabitants, which ranks 140th in the United Nations Human Development Index.

The Portuguese prime minister's agenda also includes visits to educational institutions, such as the Portuguese School in Dili, the inauguration of the new facilities of the Portuguese Language Center at the National University Timor Lorosa'e and the Portuguese Cultural Centre, as well as the Padre António Veira Youth Center and the São José Externato.

Accompanying António Costa is also the Minister of Foreign Affairs, who started on Monday an official visit to Southeast Asia, with a visit to Indonesia, East Timor and the Philippines to discuss the intensification of economic relations.

After meetings with the Indonesian and Timor-Leste Foreign Affairs ministers, João Gomes Cravinho has a meeting scheduled for Thursday with the Philippine Minister of Energy, Rafael Lotilla.

The Portuguese official will be received by his Filipino counterpart, Enrique Manalo, to discuss the role of the Philippines as coordinator of relations between the European Union and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), in what will be the first time that a head of the Portuguese diplomacy travels to that country for a bilateral visit, with economic issues and the potential for cooperation in renewable energies highlighted.