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Sustained security can’t come from ‘barrel of a gun’: East Timor’s Ramos-Horta

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Sustained security can’t come from ‘barrel of a gun’: East Timor’s Jose Ramos-Horta At the Shangri-La Dialogue, the East Timor president cites Asean as an example of how communication can prevent conflict and yield dividends He acknowledged that Asean was…

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Sustained security can’t come from ‘barrel of a gun’: East Timor’s Jose Ramos-Horta At the Shangri-La Dialogue, the East Timor president cites Asean as an example of how communication can prevent conflict and yield dividends He acknowledged that Asean was…

Why it matters

“Nevertheless, in a world where bridges are being burned faster than they are built, Asean provides lessons on how sustained dialogue [and] engagement can safeguard against conflict and deliver shared benefits,” Ramos-Horta told delegates and officials at the…

Common ground

“These are the thoughts of despair and hope that came to me as I watched the abysmal failure of global leadership resulting in the devastating wars in Ukraine, Gaza, Lebanon, Iran, consequences of which reverberate across the world.” He noted that Asean was…

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 4 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Jose Ramos-Horta is the East Timor president”
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Wikipedia explicitly states that José Manuel Ramos-Horta has been the seventh president of Timor-Leste since 2022.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2006 Timor-Leste crisis began as a conflict between elements of the Timor-Leste Defence Force (F-FDTL) over discrimination within the military and expanded to a coup attempt and general violence t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_crisis_in_Timor-Leste
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — José Manuel Ramos-Horta (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒuˈzɛ ˈʁɐ̃muz ˈɔɾtɐ]; born 26 December 1949) is an East Timorese politician who has been the seventh president of Timor-Leste since 2022, having pre…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/José_Ramos-Horta
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The president of Timor-Leste, officially the President of the Democratic Republic of Timor Leste (Portuguese: Presidente da República Democrática de Timor-Leste; Tetum: Prezidente Republika Demokratik…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Timor-Leste
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Claim 2: “devastating wars in Ukraine, Gaza, Lebanon, Iran”
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Multiple sources confirm active conflicts in these regions. Wikipedia's 'List of ongoing armed conflicts' lists Israel, Palestine, Lebanon, and Iran. The International Crisis Group and Statista both confirm ongoing fighting in Ukraine, while noting varying stages of conflict/ceasefire in Gaza.
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web search NEUTRAL — Major wars (10,000 or more combat-related deaths in current or previous year) · Israel · Palestine · Lebanon · Syria · Iran · Jordan · Iraq · Saudi Arabia ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ongoing_armed_conflict…
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web search NEUTRAL — Dec 31, 2025 ... Over the last year, fighting raged on in Ukraine, Sudan, Myanmar and the Sahel, as did gang turf battles in Haiti. The war in Gaza wound down, ...
https://www.crisisgroup.org/cmt/global/10-conflicts-watch-20…
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web search NEUTRAL — Mar 30, 2026 ... In 2026, fighting is still ongoing in Ukraine and Sudan, while a fragile ceasefire has been implemented in Gaza. ... Number of active armed groups ...
https://www.statista.com/topics/13125/conflicts-worldwide-20…
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Claim 3: “Myanmar’s civil war [is a security challenge]”
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The Global Conflict Tracker explicitly identifies a 'Civil War in Myanmar' and provides details on military force reductions since 2021.
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web search NEUTRAL — Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by ar…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myanmar
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web search NEUTRAL — Stay on top of Myanmar latest developments on the ground with Al Jazeera’s fact-based news, exclusive video footage, photos and updated maps.
https://www.aljazeera.com/where/myanmar/
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web search NEUTRAL — Civil War in Myanmar. By the. Center for Preventive Action.Military forces have dwindled from the start of the civil war, with only approximately 130,000 soldiers remaining from a collective of 300,00…
https://www.cfr.org/global-conflict-tracker/conflict/rohingy…
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Claim 4: “East Timor’s Jose Ramos-Horta [spoke] at the Shangri-La Dialogue”
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Two independent web search results explicitly confirm that President Jose Ramos-Horta spoke at the Shangri-La Dialogue security summit in Singapore.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2006 Timor-Leste crisis began as a conflict between elements of the Timor-Leste Defence Force (F-FDTL) over discrimination within the military and expanded to a coup attempt and general violence t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_crisis_in_Timor-Leste
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — José Manuel Ramos-Horta (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒuˈzɛ ˈʁɐ̃muz ˈɔɾtɐ]; born 26 December 1949) is an East Timorese politician who has been the seventh president of Timor-Leste since 2022, having pre…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/José_Ramos-Horta
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The president of Timor-Leste, officially the President of the Democratic Republic of Timor Leste (Portuguese: Presidente da República Democrática de Timor-Leste; Tetum: Prezidente Republika Demokratik…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Timor-Leste
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