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1. "The second one, the joint Truth and Friendship Commission, which we started now with Indonesia, that is the one that has been criticized; its terms of reference call for providing amnesty for those who cooperate in telling the truth. It does not lead to prosecution." ~ Jose Ramos Horta

2. "We do have some assistance from the World Bank but not from the IMF. We are not borrowing yet, but we are considering, in the future, borrowing from the Kuwait Fund to support our infrastructure development." ~ Jose Ramos Horta

3. "In the case of Iraq, notwithstanding the violence there at the moment, the very fact that a hideous regime - responsible for genocide, for the use of chemical and biological weapons, aggression against two neighbors - has been removed in itself is a positive development." ~ Jose Ramos Horta

4. "We have already significant sums of money in our petroleum fund, a fund created by law that includes all the revenues received from the Timor Sea, and invests in conservative, safe, long-term investment portfolios - right now in US Treasury Bonds." ~ Jose Ramos Horta

5. "It would be a mind-boggling endeavor to try to identify each individual who claims to have been a survivor of victimization during this period of 24 years." ~ Jose Ramos Horta

6. "Such a structure would also raise a number of problems: first of all, which Timorese to pay compensation to? It would open a can of worms in terms of who was really a victim and who was not." ~ Jose Ramos Horta

7. "The Commission has five commissioners from each side, plus three alternates, so all together sixteen members, people who are independent from the two governments, who have a lot of integrity, professional competence, and who have credibility in their respective countries." ~ Jose Ramos Horta

8. "The East Timorese government does not believe that we should consider compensation for the victims because there are tens of thousands of people who were, in one way or another, affected by the violence either directly or indirectly." ~ Jose Ramos Horta

9. "We do not have a budget support. We are now fully independent in terms of requirements, but we still have a need for development assistance separate from the budget. So all the economic aid we receive is for development assistance." ~ Jose Ramos Horta

10. "Sometimes, a war saves people." ~ José Ramos Horta

11. "More courage is required to forgive than is required to take up arms." ~ José Ramos Horta

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