Singapore, 30 May 2025

The Chief of General Staff of FALINTIL - Timor-Leste Defence Forces (F-FDTL), Lieutenant General Domingos Raúl "FALUR RATE LAEK", held a multilateral ASEAN ministerial meeting at the Shangri-La Hotel.

Timor-Leste needs to cooperate with many countries in the world, relations between Europe and ASEAN in a world full of crises, as we all know, such as Ukraine and Russia. He also mentioned Taiwan and what will happen if China invades Taiwan.

The Lieutenant General also mentioned that part of the Philippines' land in the South China Sea is occupied by China. The most important thing is that if we abandon the conflicts happening in the world, we will destroy our own credibility in the international world. For example, the Gajah conflict, if we are not careful, this conflict will lose our credibility.

He also spoke about the world being divided into two economic superpowers, the United States and China. The French president also spoke about how to preserve peace and stability while China and the United States compete to see who will dominate the world. France wants to cooperate with other countries and generally talks about how to maintain stability in Europe and also in the Indo-Pacific.

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Aze Silva