It is not enough to receive support, no matter, how needed it may be. It is fundamental to know how to receive this support and ensure that its result is exponential.

After so much suffering, after enduring so much sacrifice, sanctioned and embraced by our people, what is it that the people of East Timor expect as a result of independence?

Freedom goes hand-in-hand with mutual respect.

What concerns me is not the revelation of the truth, which is already common knowledge,

The two governments will do everything to go to a solution with mutual benefit and respecting each other's sovereignty,

This day marks once and for all times the end of our long suffering and today, too, we affirm our sovereignty as a people.