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(Photo: AFP\/Jam Sta Rosa)<br \/>\n    <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"text-long\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Sustained security cannot be built through coercion and fear, Ramos-Horta said on Saturday, warning that\u00a0if the most vulnerable people in the country suffer harm,\u00a0confidence in the international laws and institutions designed to prevent and resolve wars would be eroded.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWhen rules appear to protect some and not others, small states begin to wonder whether the language of order is really only the language of power,\u201d he said <span>in his 15-minute address<\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed\">\n<div class=\"text-long\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"text-long\">\n<h2>\u201cHISTORY\u00a0MUST NOT IMPRISON NATIONS\u201d<\/h2>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Drawing on his country\u2019s own experience,\u00a0Ramos-Horta said that Timor-Leste\u2019s independence from Indonesia in 2002 was built through \u201cyears of patient and practical diplomacy\u201d involving multiple actors, including the\u00a0UN and Indonesia, which \u201cgradually turned all wounds into new bonds\u201d.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Timor-Leste &#8211; previously known as East Timor &#8211; was a Portuguese colony for over 400 years before briefly declaring independence in November 1975.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Nine days later, Indonesia, whose East Nusa Tenggara province makes up the western half of Timor island, invaded and occupied the territory.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">That sparked a decades-long resistance movement in East Timor, and an inquiry later\u00a0estimated that 102,800 people died between 1974 and 1999 during the conflict.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">It was only when BJ Habibie became Indonesia\u2019s president that a referendum for Timor-Leste\u2019s self-determination was held in August 1999, in which the majority of Timorese voted for independence.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>\u201cWe show that history need not imprison our hearts and minds. History must not imprison nations,\u201d he said, adding that the close ties between Timor-Leste and Indonesia today is \u201ca model of reconciliation and partnership\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWise leadership and dialogue can turn conflict into coexistence, coexistence into friendship and trust,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">He added that ASEAN\u00a0offers a \u201cgood example\u201d, having emerged from a region marked by colonial scars,\u00a0wars among Indochina countries and past Cold War rivalries, rather than a \u201ctranquil epoch\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Both the experiences of Timor-Leste and ASEAN,\u00a0Ramos-Horta said, hold key lessons for\u00a0\u201cpatient, practical and effective diplomacy\u201d.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cASEAN\u2019s achievement in this respect is not that it made all countries seem alike. It has not erased differences \u2026 it created habits of cooperation despite those differences,\u201d said the Nobel Peace Prize laureate.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Ramos-Horta highlighted ASEAN\u2019s Treaty of Amity and Cooperation which affirmed principles which he said \u201csound simple but were revolutionary when practised\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Core principles in the legally-binding treaty on inter-state relations include mutual respect for the independence and sovereignty of all nations, settlement of disputes by peaceful means and a renunciation of threats or the use of force.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThe resulting trust between ASEAN nations has delivered vast mutual benefits,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"referenced-card\">\n<h4 class=\"h4 h4--related-block\">\n<div>Related:<\/div>\n<\/h4>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"media-object\">\n<div class=\"media-object__figure\">\n  <a class=\"link\" href=\"\/singapore\/critical-underwater-infrastructure-chan-chun-sing-shangri-la-dialogue-6151266\"><br \/>\n            <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/dam.mediacorp.sg\/image\/upload\/s--t0IvnxSM--\/c_crop,h_899,w_1599,x_1,y_36\/c_fill,g_auto,h_98,w_175\/fl_relative,g_south_east,l_mediacorp:cna:watermark:2021-08:cna,w_0.1\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1\/mediacorp\/cna\/image\/2026\/05\/30\/chan_chun_sing_sld_guide_launch.jpg?itok=effOiOY-\" alt=\"Chan chun sing sld guide launch\"><br \/>\n                <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"media-object__content\">\n<div class=\"media-object__body\">\n<div class=\"list-object\">\n<h6 class=\"h6 list-object__heading\">\n<a class=\"h6__link list-object__heading-link\" href=\"\/singapore\/critical-underwater-infrastructure-chan-chun-sing-shangri-la-dialogue-6151266\"><br \/>\n      <span>17 countries, including Singapore, launch framework to protect critical underwater infrastructure<\/span><br \/>\n  <\/a><br \/>\n  <\/h6>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"media-object\">\n<div class=\"media-object__figure\">\n  <a class=\"link\" href=\"\/asia\/pete-hegseth-us-defense-secretary-shangri-la-dialogue-2026-6150881\"><br \/>\n            <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/dam.mediacorp.sg\/image\/upload\/s--SxeVh6dF--\/c_crop,h_900,w_1600,x_0,y_33\/c_fill,g_auto,h_98,w_175\/fl_relative,g_south_east,l_mediacorp:cna:watermark:2021-08:cna,w_0.1\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1\/mediacorp\/cna\/image\/2026\/05\/30\/20260530_ili_shangri-la_dialogue-1.jpg?itok=sAUXmRB_\" alt=\"\"><br \/>\n                <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"media-object__content\">\n<div class=\"media-object__body\">\n<div class=\"list-object\">\n<h6 class=\"h6 list-object__heading\">\n<a class=\"h6__link list-object__heading-link\" href=\"\/asia\/pete-hegseth-us-defense-secretary-shangri-la-dialogue-2026-6150881\"><br \/>\n      <span>Pete Hegseth sounds &#8216;alarm&#8217; over China&#8217;s buildup, urges allies to boost defence spend<\/span><br \/>\n  <\/a><br \/>\n  <\/h6>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"media-object\">\n<div class=\"media-object__figure\">\n  <a class=\"link\" href=\"\/singapore\/lam-shangri-la-dialogue-keynote-address-vietnam-6150081\"><br \/>\n            <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/dam.mediacorp.sg\/image\/upload\/s--ey2JuYWN--\/c_fill,g_auto,h_98,w_175\/fl_relative,g_south_east,l_mediacorp:cna:watermark:2021-08:cna,w_0.1\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1\/mediacorp\/cna\/image\/2026\/05\/29\/img_9589.jpg?itok=lxG1hw-a\" alt=\"\"><br \/>\n                <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"media-object__content\">\n<div class=\"media-object__body\">\n<div class=\"list-object\">\n<h6 class=\"h6 list-object__heading\">\n<a class=\"h6__link list-object__heading-link\" href=\"\/singapore\/lam-shangri-la-dialogue-keynote-address-vietnam-6150081\"><br \/>\n      <span>Vietnam&#8217;s To Lam warns of three global crises, sets out solutions in Shangri-La Dialogue keynote address<\/span><br \/>\n  <\/a><br \/>\n  <\/h6>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"text-long\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Through various meetings and agreements,\u00a0the Timor-Leste president said ASEAN has shown that it can be constructive.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIt has shown that dialogue can become trade, trade can become interdependence, interdependence can become a shared interest in peace,\u201d he added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIt planted a banyan tree and under its foliage, leaders gathered and plotted the end of wars.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>ASEAN \u201cNOT HEAVEN ON EARTH\u201d<\/h2>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">However, Ramos-Horta acknowledged that ASEAN is \u201cnot heaven on earth\u201d,\u00a0referring to the Myanmar conflict and tensions in the South China Sea due to overlapping territorial claims by numerous ASEAN countries and China.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cAchieving consensus is frustratingly slow, diplomacy can disappoint. Disillusionment can produce cynicism,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">On the\u00a0South China Sea, Ramos-Horta said that apart from a code of conduct being negotiated by ASEAN and China, \u201csomeone must have the audacity\u201d to declare it\u00a0\u201ca zone of peace\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cNot necessarily that everyone (member states) has to abandon their legitimate historical legal claims, but do not allow these claims to freeze initiative that would, in fact, gain for everybody more confidence, and then lessen tensions.\u201d Ramos-Horta added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">ASEAN member states and China are currently engaged in negotiations of the Code of Conduct in the South China Sea (COC), which commenced in March 2018.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"referenced-card\">\n<h4 class=\"h4 h4--related-block\">\n<div>Related:<\/div>\n<\/h4>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"media-object\">\n<div class=\"media-object__figure\">\n  <a class=\"link\" href=\"\/asia\/asean-timor-leste-president-jose-ramos-horta-kuala-lumpur-5349801\"><br \/>\n            <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/dam.mediacorp.sg\/image\/upload\/s--CRjJdhmo--\/c_fill,g_auto,h_98,w_175\/fl_relative,g_south_east,l_mediacorp:cna:watermark:2021-08:cna,w_0.1\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1\/mediacorp\/cna\/image\/2025\/09\/15\/screenshot_2025-09-15_120222.png?itok=z2Baz09a\" alt=\"\"><br \/>\n                <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"media-object__content\">\n<div class=\"media-object__body\">\n<div class=\"list-object\">\n<h6 class=\"h6 list-object__heading\">\n<a class=\"h6__link list-object__heading-link\" href=\"\/asia\/asean-timor-leste-president-jose-ramos-horta-kuala-lumpur-5349801\"><br \/>\n      <span>\u2018We shouldn\u2019t bring to ASEAN an additional burden\u2019: Timor-Leste president on joining the bloc<\/span><br \/>\n  <\/a><br \/>\n  <\/h6>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"media-object\">\n<div class=\"media-object__figure\">\n  <a class=\"link\" href=\"\/asia\/asean-timor-leste-jose-ramos-horta-china-us-indonesia-singapore-4854076\"><br \/>\n            <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/dam.mediacorp.sg\/image\/upload\/s--UEjxV5sv--\/c_fill,g_auto,h_98,w_175\/fl_relative,g_south_east,l_mediacorp:cna:watermark:2021-08:cna,w_0.1\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1\/mediacorp\/cna\/image\/2025\/01\/13\/81020250109_timor_leste-wisnu_agung_prasetyo.jpg?itok=xt_1X9tG\"><br \/>\n                <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"media-object__content\">\n<div class=\"media-object__body\">\n<div class=\"list-object\">\n<h6 class=\"h6 list-object__heading\">\n<a class=\"h6__link list-object__heading-link\" href=\"\/asia\/asean-timor-leste-jose-ramos-horta-china-us-indonesia-singapore-4854076\"><br \/>\n      <span>\u2018Really dumb and lazy if we do not benefit\u2019: Timor-Leste president on hopes of joining ASEAN in 2025<\/span><br \/>\n  <\/a><br \/>\n  <\/h6>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"text-long\">\n<p>Ramos-Horta also described the Myanmar civil war as a \u201cstain on ASEAN\u2019s otherwise impressive catalogue of successes\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><span>Myanmar has been in turmoil since its military overthrew an elected civilian government and triggered pro-democracy protests in early 2021 that morphed into a widening rebellion and conflict.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In April 2021, ASEAN leaders &#8220;expressed deep concern&#8221; about the situation in the country and agreed on a Five-Point Consensus, including the immediate cessation of violence and the commencement of constructive dialogue among all parties.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>In response to questions from forum delegates later on Saturday, Ramos-Horta described ASEAN\u2019s Five-Point Consensus as a \u201csolid principle\u201d but\u00a0<\/span>said<span> different parties must come together to have a \u201csubstantive conversation\u201d on how to improve the humanitarian situation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>The 76-year-old Timor-Leste president noted that it \u201cseems like no one is going to win in the battlefront\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>\u201cIt is a war of exhaustion, ruining the whole country, economy and people,\u201d he said during\u00a0the\u00a0question-and-answer segment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>\u201cCould they come together, all of them &#8211; the Tatmadaw\u00a0<\/span>(armed forces)<span> and all the leaders of the ethnic armies and the democratic opposition &#8211; under a tent? No preconditions, no agenda, just meet as human beings.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Ramos-Horta suggested that such talks could be &#8220;guided by a prominent Southeast Asian&#8221;, adding this could be a four-star general or a retired one.<\/p>\n<p><span>Ramos-Horta\u2019s address came less than a year after Timor-Leste was formally admitted as ASEAN\u2019s 11th member<\/span> at the bloc\u2019s summit last October, after more than a decade of efforts to join.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The region\u2019s youngest nation formally applied to join ASEAN in 2011 during Ramos-Horta\u2019s first presidency from 2007 to 2012.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">It was only in November 2022 during the\u00a0ASEAN chairmanship of Cambodia &#8211; and months after Ramos-Horta began his second term as president in May 2022 &#8211; that the 10 ASEAN countries agreed in principle for Timor-Leste to join and granted it observer status.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/asia\/asean-timor-leste-president-jose-ramos-horta-kuala-lumpur-5349801\">In an exclusive interview with CNA last year<\/a>, Ramos-Horta had said\u00a0the country hoped to contribute to strengthening the grouping\u2019s mechanisms, including those for conflict prevention.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Established in 2002, the Shangri-La Dialogue is the premier defence and security conference in the Asia-Pacific region.<\/p>\n<p>More than 550 delegates\u00a0attended the three-day security summit at Shangri-La Hotel.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"referenced-card\">\n<h4 class=\"h4 h4--related-block\">\n<div>Related:<\/div>\n<\/h4>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"media-object\">\n<div class=\"media-object__figure\">\n  <a class=\"link\" href=\"\/commentary\/shangrila-dialogue-security-singapore-power-rules-norms-6146341\"><br \/>\n            <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" 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