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In AP interview, East Timor's Ramos-Horta says personal diplomacy could bring Myanmar ceasefire
East Timor’s President José Ramos-Horta, a Nobel laureate, offers to personally mediate Myanmar ceasefire if ASEAN unanimously supports, aiming to resolve the region’s prolonged conflict.
- On Monday, President José Ramos-Horta offered to personally mediate a ceasefire, saying he would intercede to break Myanmar's impasse one day after East Timor joined ASEAN on Sunday.
- The conflict began after the 2021 coup when Myanmar's military seized power from the democratically elected government, ignoring ASEAN's 2021 Five-Point Consensus and causing thousands killed and millions displaced.
- The president noted East Timor's diplomatic background despite its poverty, saying it is the region's youngest and one of its poorest nations with long diplomatic experience.
- Myanmar's military leadership threatened to block East Timor's ASEAN membership over Ramos-Horta's criticism, but Ramos-Horta said he would still travel to engage them if ASEAN agreed as a group.
- Accession to ASEAN gives East Timor access to a 680 million‑person, $3.8 trillion economy despite its 1.4 million population and $18 billion sovereign wealth fund facing limits amid stalled $50 billion gas talks.
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In AP interview, East Timor's Ramos-Horta says personal diplomacy could bring Myanmar ceasefire
East Timor’s President José Ramos-Horta has expressed willingness to mediate in Myanmar’s civil war after his country joined the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
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President Prabowo Subianto emphasized Indonesia's commitment to encouraging ASEAN to take concrete steps to resolve the crisis in Myanmar.
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