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Timor-Leste Leader Urges West Not to Encroach on Russia's Security, NATO Not to Expand
Timor-Leste Leader Urges West Not to Encroach on Russia's Security, NATO Not to Expand
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DILI (Sputnik) - Timor-Leste President and Nobel Peace Prize winner Jose Ramos-Horta, in an interview with Sputnik, called on the West not to encroach on... 22.02.2025, Sputnik Africa
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The interview Ramos-Horta gave was the first sit-down of the country's leader with a Russian media outlet. According to the president, it is important to understand the reasons for the conflict in Ukraine and to realize that the special military operation did not begin overnight. He said Kiev's actions were like "the inability in the Balkans to show sensitivity, respect to the Serbian minority like in Kosovo."
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Timor-Leste Leader Urges West Not to Encroach on Russia's Security, NATO Not to Expand
08:54 22.02.2025 (Updated: 15:03 22.02.2025) Exclusive
DILI (Sputnik) - Timor-Leste President and Nobel Peace Prize winner Jose Ramos-Horta, in an interview with Sputnik, called on the West not to encroach on Russia's security and also warned NATO against expansion.
The interview Ramos-Horta gave was the first sit-down of the country's leader with a Russian media outlet.
According to the president, it is important to understand the reasons for the conflict in
Ukraine and to realize that the special military operation did not begin overnight.
"Well, let's go back to the end of the Cold War. The negotiations and agreements for the dismantling of Warsaw Pact, Russia's withdrawal from East Germany and Eastern Europe, and what? Do not encroach on Russia's security sphere! No moving NATO! But NATO kept expanding. More and more. There was interference in Ukraine, the so-called Velvet Revolution. And then, God, you know, Russian citizens, Russian language's harass, ban Russian language in Ukraine," Ramos-Horta said.
He said Kiev's actions were like "the inability in the Balkans to show sensitivity, respect to the Serbian minority like in
Kosovo."
