Q&A: ‘Nauseating hypocrisy’: East Timor’s Ramos-Horta on Gaza and the West
‘I am thoroughly disillusioned with the so-called international community’: East Timor’s President Jose Ramos-Horta.
![East Timor's President Jose Ramos-Horta at the Presidential Palace in Dili, East Timor [Al MC/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Ramos-Horta-resize-1765583177.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
‘I am thoroughly disillusioned with the so-called international community’: East Timor’s President Jose Ramos-Horta.
![East Timor's President Jose Ramos-Horta at the Presidential Palace in Dili, East Timor [Al MC/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Ramos-Horta-resize-1765583177.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)




![Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, left, and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet shake hands during the signing of a ceasefire on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on October 26, 2025 [Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/2025-10-26T073859Z_1114568740_RC2IJHAUK2UZ_RTRMADP_3_ASEAN-SUMMIT-1761555703.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)




This is the moment East Timor was officially declared ASEAN’s 11th member.

US President Donald Trump broke into dance with local performers as he arrived in Malaysia for the ASEAN summit.
Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao hails membership as beginning of an ‘inspiring new chapter’ for Asia’s youngest nation.
The Cambodian-Thai border conflict and the US trade war will feature prominently at Southeast Asian bloc summit.
US, China officials begin trade talks in Kuala Lumpur to pave way for high-stakes meeting between Trump, Xi.

Analyst Patricia M Kim says some Asian countries hope to show Trump they are valuable partners to the US.
Cambodia dismisses Thai army accusation that it breached truce and international law after incident near border.
Thai Foreign Ministry spokesman tells Al Jazeera direct talks with Cambodia are priority as deadly clashes continue.
Armed clashes have led to deaths and injuries on both sides.
Trump spoke about an agreement with NATO to arm Ukraine. A sanctions bill with bipartisan support also sits in Congress.