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“We Are Ready To Join ASEAN”: José Ramos-Horta, Timor-Leste President | In Conversation
Channel News Asia, CNA, is a Singaporean multinational news channel that broadcasts free-to-air in Singapore and as a pay television channel internationally to 29 territories across the Asia-Pacific. On December 22, 2022, President José Ramos-Horta spoke with CNA...
Pres. Ramos-Horta Speech: 47th Anniversary of the Proclamation of Independence
Address to the Nation on the 47th Anniversary of the Proclamation of Independence By José Ramos-Horta President of the Republic 28 November 2022 Download PDF version Photo Gallery Beloved people of Timor-Leste, National and community leaders, Respected...
For Timor-Leste president, Asean membership a lifelong dream
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/for-timor-leste-president-asean-membership-a-lifelong-dream PHNOM PENH – It was as a budding diplomat in the 1970s that Mr Jose Ramos-Horta, a man who would go on to win the Nobel Prize for his fight for East Timor’s...
Statement on Election of Lula to Presidency of Brazil
Statement to the Press From the President of East Timor José Ramos-Horta Regarding the victory of Luis Inácio da Silva In the elections in Brazil October 30, 2022 The people re-elected Lula for President of the Federal Republic of Brazil. The elections were...
Ramos-Horta Discusses Persecution of Lula on Radioi Brasil Atual, 2019
Three years ago I was interviewed on Radio Brasil Atual about the trumped up charges against Lula, invented to keep him from reclaiming the Presidency. As I said then, I had never seen a leader leave office after two terms with an approval rating as high as Lula's,...
Gallery: President Ramos-Horta Meeting With King of Cambodia His Majesty King Norodom Sihamoni
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Pres. Ramos-Horta Speech: 47th Anniversary of the Proclamation of Independence
Address to the Nation on the 47th Anniversary of the Proclamation of Independence By José Ramos-Horta President of the Republic 28 November 2022 Download PDF version Photo Gallery Beloved people of Timor-Leste, National and community leaders, Respected...
Harvard International Review. Democracy and Development in Timor-Leste: Interview with President José Ramos-Horta
A thoughtful interview by Pranay Varada of the Harvard International Review, covering the history of the struggle for independence, the relevance on ASEAN, the strength of the Nobel Peace Prize, and the lessons Timor-Leste offers the world. Read article
How a Czech spy tried to recruit me as an agent
by J. Ramos-Horta I began my political life in the early 1970's as a social-democrat and stayed social-democrat throughout; my only ideological inspiration was the Swedish moderate Social Democracy model. I was never enamored with Marxism; and all my comrades...
President Receives Honorary Doctorate from Three Cambodian Universities
Cambodia, 21 October 2022 President José Ramos-Horta received the honorary doctorate degrees from three universities in Cambodia -- BELTEI International University, Cambodian University, and Paragon International University -- in recognition of his capacity and ...
Interview: President Ramos-Horta in Conversation with the Lowy Institute
President José Ramos-Horta in conversation with Michael Fullilove of the Lowy Institute, on Ukraine, China, mistakes and successes in Timor-Leste, the rising generation of leaders, and magic vitamins. "I start with the most disappointing and most unexplainable: that...
Cambodia State Support of Timor-Leste Accession to ASEAN
Cambodia, 20 October 2022 President José Ramos-Horta met with President of Senate, Say Chhum, President of National Assembly, Heng Samrin and Prime Minister, Hun Sen to discuss the strengthening of bilateral relations between Timor-Leste and Cambodia. The high...
Op Ed: For a fraction of Australia’s fighter jet budget, I’d leave East Timor’s fuel in the ground
by José Ramos-Horta, President, East Timor Read on The Age At the recent UN General Assembly, the president of Vanuatu called on governments to negotiate a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty, a proposal I have supported alongside 100 other Nobel Prize...
Lowy Institute: A free trade zone for Timor-Leste and Indonesia
Regional stability, economic resilience and mutual prosperity – what’s not to like about a cross-border FTZ? In July, Indonesian President Joko Widodo received President José Ramos-Horta for the first state visit of the Timor-Leste leader’s term. Both made proposals...
Resource Rich, Poor Countries And Responsibilities of Rich Industrial Countries
Text of Speech By President J. Ramos-Horta of Timor-Leste at g7+ forum Held on 23rd September 2022, In New York On the sidelines of 77th Session of United Nations General Assembly, 25 September 2022 A Just Energy Transition is a Global Peace Program....
President José Ramos-Horta Speech at UN General Assembly 2022
WATCH ON FACEBOOK Speech by H.E. President José Ramos-Horta of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste at the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly 23rd September 2022 Mr. President, Sr....
Reuters: East Timor prods Australia on long-stalled gas project
MELBOURNE, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Indonesia, South Korea, Japan and China could all be interested in investing in a long-delayed gas project in the waters between East Timor and Australia crucial to the Asian nation's future, East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta said on...
Ramos-Horta: The First 100 Days and Our Future Challenges
Read/download PDF Watch on YouTube (in Portuguese) THE FIRST 100 DAYS AND OUR FUTURE CHALLENGES Address to The National Parliament by J. Ramos-Horta, President of the Republic, 15 September 2022 Excellencies, Mr President of the National Parliament, Mr....