Former East Timor's leader and Nobel laureate Jose Ramos-Horta, who is the presidential candidate of East Timor, talks to Former president of East Timor Xanana Gusmao, during a campaign rally ahead of the country's presidential election, 20 years after its independence from Indonesia, in Dili, East Timor, March 15, 2022. REUTERS/Lirio da Fonseca 

Former president of East Timor Xanana Gusmao speaks as Indonesian Coordinating Minister of Politics, Law, and Security Affairs Wiranto looks on during a press briefing after their meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia, July 22, 2019. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan 

Former president of East Timor Xanana Gusmao talks to journalists after a meeting with Indonesian Coordinating Minister of Politics, Law, and Security Affairs Wiranto (not pictured) in Jakarta, Indonesia, July 22, 2019. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan 

Former president of East Timor Xanana Gusmao reacts during a press briefing after a meeting with Indonesian Coordinating Minister of Politics, Law, and Security Affairs Wiranto (not pictured) in Jakarta, Indonesia, July 22, 2019. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan 

Former president of East Timor Xanana Gusmao and Indonesian Coordinating Minister of Politics, Law, and Security Affairs Wiranto hold documents after their meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia, July 22, 2019. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan 

Former president of East Timor Xanana Gusmao shakes hands with Indonesian Coordinating Minister of Politics, Law, and Security Affairs Wiranto as they hold documents after their meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia, July 22, 2019. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan 

Xanana Gusmao, independence hero and the country's first president, shows his ink-stained finger after voting in the general election in Dili, East Timor, May 12, 2018. REUTERS/Lirio Da Fonseca 

Xanana Gusmao, independence hero and the country's first president, votes in a general election in Dili, East Timor, May 12, 2018. REUTERS/Lirio Da Fonseca 

Xanana Gusmao, the former East Timor president, deliver a speech in front of the AMP (The Alliance for Change and Progress) party supporters during the last day campaign rally ahead of the weekend's parliamentary elections in Dili, East Timor, May 8, 2018. REUTERS/Lirio Da Fonseca 

Former president of East Timor Xanana Gusmao speaks at a National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction (CNRT) political rally ahead of this weekend's parliamentary elections in Dili, East Timor July 18, 2017. Picture taken July 18, 2017. REUTERS/Lirio Da Fonseca 

East Timor presidential candidate Francisco Guterres (L) of the FRETILIN party is seen with former president and resistance hero Xanana Gusmao during a campaign rally ahead of next week's elections in Tasi Tolu, Dili, East Timor March 17, 2017. REUTERS/Lirio da Fonseca 

Former East Timor Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao (L) pushes a Timorese war veteran in a wheelchair during an ANZAC Day parade marking the 100th anniversary of the formation of the ANZAC alliance in Sydney, Australia, April 25, 2015. Gusmao was joined in the parade by 50 other East Timorese veterans at the invitation of Australia's Retired Servicemen's League, according to local news reports. REUTERS/Jason Reed

East Timor's new Prime Minister Rui Araujo reads the oath of office during an inauguration ceremony at the President's office in Dili February 16, 2015. The New Zealand trained doctor and former health minister takes over from independence hero Xanana Gusmao, who stepped down this month to allow for a younger generation to lead.
REUTERS/Lirio Da Fonseca (EAST TIMOR - Tags: POLITICS) 

East Timor's new Prime Minister Rui Araujo (front R) and President Taur Matan Ruak (front L) pose with the cabinet after an inauguration ceremony at the President's office in Dili February 16, 2015. The New Zealand trained doctor and former health minister takes over from independence hero Xanana Gusmao, who stepped down this month to allow for a younger generation to lead.
REUTERS/Lirio Da Fonseca (EAST TIMOR - Tags: POLITICS) 

East Timor's new Prime Minister Rui Araujo (L) shakes hands with President Taur Matan Ruak (R) at an innauguration ceremony at the President's office in Dili February 16, 2015. The New Zealand trained doctor and former health minister takes over from independence hero Xanana Gusmao, who stepped down this month to allow for a younger generation to lead.
REUTERS/Lirio Da Fonseca (EAST TIMOR - Tags: POLITICS) 

East Timor's new Prime Minister Rui Maria Araujo (L) is sworn in by President Taur Matan Ruak (R) at a ceremony at the President's office in Dili February 16, 2015. The New Zealand trained doctor and former health minister takes over from independence hero Xanana Gusmao, who stepped down this month to allow for a younger generation to lead. REUTERS/Lirio Da Fonseca (EAST TIMOR - Tags: POLITICS) 

East Timor's new Prime Minister Rui Maria Araujo smiles at his inauguration ceremony at the President's office in Dili February 16, 2015. The New Zealand trained doctor and former health minister takes over from independence hero Xanana Gusmao, who stepped down this month to allow for a younger generation to lead.
REUTERS/Lirio Da Fonseca (EAST TIMOR - Tags: POLITICS) 

East Timor's former health minister Rui Araujo speaks with the media after meeting with the country's president Taur Matan Ruak in Dili February 11, 2015. East Timor's president chose Araujo to be the new prime minister of the poverty-stricken country, the government said on Tuesday. Araujo replaces independence hero Xanana Gusmao, who stepped down last week to allow for a younger generation to lead. Gusmao, 68, and his ruling CNRT party recommended that Araujo take the helm even though the New Zealand-trained doctor is from the opposition Fretilin party. REUTERS/Lirio Da Fonseca (EAST TIMOR - Tags: POLITICS) 

East Timor's former health minister Rui Araujo waves after leaving a meeting with the country's president Taur Matan Ruak in Dili February 11, 2015. East Timor's president chose Araujo to be the new prime minister of the poverty-stricken country, the government said on Tuesday. Araujo replaces independence hero Xanana Gusmao, who stepped down last week to allow for a younger generation to lead. Gusmao, 68, and his ruling CNRT party recommended that Araujo take the helm even though the New Zealand-trained doctor is from the opposition Fretilin party. REUTERS/Lirio Da Fonseca (EAST TIMOR - Tags: POLITICS) 

East Timorese Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao salutes as he drives away in his car after meeting President Taur Matan Ruak in Dili February 9, 2015. East Timor's president is expected to decide on a new prime minister by the end of this week after accepting the resignation of independence hero Xanana Gusmao, the government said in a statement on Monday. Gusmao, 68, a guerrilla leader who helped end Indonesian rule in 2002, submitted his resignation letter on Friday to allow for a younger generation to lead a nation that ranks amoung the world's poorest, despite its abundant gas resources. REUTERS/Lirio Da Fonseca (EAST TIMOR - Tags: POLITICS) 

East Timor's Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao speaks with journalists after attending a democracy seminar in Dili February 6, 2015. East Timor's prime minister and independence hero Xanana Gusmao has resigned, the government said on Friday, but a successor has yet to be chosen. Gusmao, 68, a guerrilla leader who helped end Indonesian rule in 2002, had hinted for more than a year that he would resign to let a younger generation lead a nation that ranks among the world's poorest, despite its abundant gas resources.
REUTERS/Lirio Da Fonseca (EAST TIMOR - Tags: POLITICS HEADSHOT) 

East Timor's Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao waves from his car as he leaves a meeting with President Taur Matan Ruak at the President's office in Dili February 2, 2015. Gusmao is meeting the president this week to discuss a possible government restructuring, sending perhaps the strongest signal yet that the independence hero wants to step down. Gusmao, 68, a guerrilla leader who helped end Indonesian rule in 2002, has hinted for more than a year that he would resign to let a younger generation lead a nation that ranks among the world's poorest, despite its abundant gas resources. Picture taken February 2, 2015. REUTERS/Lirio Da Fonseca (EAST TIMOR - Tags: POLITICS) 

Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao, Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, addresses the 69th United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. headquarters in New York September 25, 2014. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)

China's President Xi Jinping (3rd L) and East Timor's Prime Minister Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao (2nd R) attend a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing April 8, 2014. REUTERS/Parker Song/Pool (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS) 

East Timor's Prime Minister Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao (R) talks during a meeting with China's President Xi Jinping (not seen) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing April 8, 2014. REUTERS/Parker Song/Pool (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS) 

China's President Xi Jinping (2nd R) talks during a meeting with East Timor's Prime Minister Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao (not seen) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing April 8, 2014. REUTERS/Parker Song/Pool (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS) 

China's President Xi Jinping (R) extends his hand to greet East Timor's Prime Minister Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao (C) before a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing April 8, 2014. REUTERS/Parker Song/Pool (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS) 

China's President Xi Jinping (R) shakes hands with East Timor's Prime Minister Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao before a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing April 8, 2014. REUTERS/Parker Song/Pool (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS) 

East Timor's Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao (R) attends a news conference with his Portuguese counterpart Pedro Passos Coelho at Sao Bento palace in Lisbon February 5, 2014. Gusmao is in Lisbon on a three-day visit to Portugal from February 5 to 8. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante (PORTUGAL - Tags: POLITICS) 

East Timor's Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao (L) shakes hands with his Portuguese counterpart Pedro Passos Coelho at Sao Bento palace in Lisbon February 5, 2014. Gusmao is in Lisbon on a three-day visit to Portugal. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante (PORTUGAL - Tags: POLITICS) 

East Timor's Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao (L) is welcomed by Portugal's Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho at Sao Bento palace in Lisbon February 5, 2014. Gusmao is in Lisbon on a three-day visit to Portugal from February 5 to 8. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante (PORTUGAL - Tags: POLITICS) 

East Timor's Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao (L) shakes hands with his Portuguese counterpart Pedro Passos Coelho at Sao Bento palace in Lisbon February 5, 2014. Gusmao is in Lisbon on a three-day visit to Portugal. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante (PORTUGAL - Tags: POLITICS) 

Portugal's Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho awaits the arrival of East Timor's Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao at Sao Bento palace in Lisbon February 5, 2014. Gusmao is in Lisbon on a three-day visit to Portugal. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante (PORTUGAL - Tags: POLITICS) 

East Timor's Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao (R) shares a light moment with his Portuguese counterpart Pedro Passos Coelho at Sao Bento palace in Lisbon February 5, 2014. Gusmao is in Lisbon on a three-day visit to Portugal. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante (PORTUGAL - Tags: POLITICS) 

East Timor's Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao (C) walks the floor of the New York Stock Exchange at the market open in New York, October 15, 2013. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS POLITICS) 

Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung (L) chats with Vice Defense Minister General Nguyen Chi Vinh while waiting for the arrival of visiting East Timor's Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao (not pictured) before a welcoming ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi September 4, 2013. Gusmao is in Hanoi on a three-day visit to Vietnam from September 3 to 5. REUTERS/Kham (VIETNAM - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY) 

East Timor's Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao (2nd R) and Vietnam's Vice Defense Minister General Nguyen Chi Vinh (L) salute as Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung (R) looks on during a welcoming ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi September 4, 2013. Gusmao is in Hanoi on a three-day visit to Vietnam from September 3 to 5. REUTERS/Kham (VIETNAM - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY) 

Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung waits for arrival of visiting East Timor's Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao (not pictured) at the Government Office in Hanoi September 4, 2013. Gusmao is in Hanoi on a three-day visit to Vietnam from September 3 to 5. REUTERS/Kham (VIETNAM - Tags: POLITICS) 

East Timor's Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao (R) and his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Tan Dung walk together to a meeting room after welcoming ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi September 4, 2013. Gusmao is in Hanoi on a three-day visit to Vietnam from September 3 to 5. REUTERS/Kham (VIETNAM - Tags: POLITICS) 

East Timor's Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao (L) poses for a photo with his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Tan Dung at the Government Office in Hanoi September 4, 2013. Gusmao is in Hanoi on a three-day visit to Vietnam from September 3 to 5. REUTERS/Kham (VIETNAM - Tags: POLITICS) 

East Timor's Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao (L) shakes hands with his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Tan Dung at the Government Office in Hanoi September 4, 2013. Gusmao is in Hanoi on a three-day visit to Vietnam from September 3 to 5. REUTERS/Kham (VIETNAM - Tags: POLITICS) 

East Timor's Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao speaks during an interview with Reuters in Singapore June 5, 2013. REUTERS/Edgar Su (SINGAPORE - Tags: POLITICS PROFILE) 

East Timor's Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao listens during an interview with Reuters in Singapore June 5, 2013. REUTERS/Edgar Su (SINGAPORE - Tags: POLITICS PROFILE) 

East Timor's Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao poses during an interview with Reuters in Singapore June 5, 2013. REUTERS/Edgar Su (SINGAPORE - Tags: POLITICS PROFILE HEADSHOT PORTRAIT) 

East Timor's Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao poses during an interview with Reuters in Singapore June 5, 2013. REUTERS/Edgar Su (SINGAPORE - Tags: POLITICS PROFILE PORTRAIT) 

Philippine President Benigno Aquino (C) and visiting Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Timor Leste Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao (R) walks past a musical group upon arrival at the Malacanang Palace ground in Manila June 6, 2013. Gusmao is in Manila for a five day official visit. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco (PHILIPPINES - Tags: POLITICS) 

Philippine President Benigno Aquino (L) gestures as he welcomes visiting Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Timor Leste Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao (R) upon arrival at the Malacanang Palace ground in Manila June 6, 2013. Gusmao is in Manila for a five day official visit. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco (PHILIPPINES - Tags: POLITICS) 

Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Timor Leste Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao (C) review the honor guard upon arrival at the Malacanang Palace ground in Manila June 6, 2013. Gusmao is in Manila for a five day official visit. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco (PHILIPPINES - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY) 

Philippine President Benigno Aquino (L) walks visiting Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Timor Leste, Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao (R), as they review the honor guard upon arrival at the Malacanang Palace ground in Manila June 6, 2013. Gusmao is in Manila for a five day official visit. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco (PHILIPPINES - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY) 

Indonesia's Defence Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro (L) speaks with East Timor's Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao before the keynote address of the 12th International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Asia Security Summit: The Shangri-La Dialogue, in Singapore May 31, 2013. REUTERS/Edgar Su (SINGAPORE - Tags: MILITARY POLITICS) 

Indonesia's Defence Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro (L) speaks with East Timor's Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao before the keynote address of the 12th International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Asia Security Summit: The Shangri-La Dialogue, in Singapore May 31, 2013. REUTERS/Edgar Su (SINGAPORE - Tags: MILITARY POLITICS) 

East Timor Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao (L-R) mingles with Indonesia's Defence Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro and U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel before the keynote address of the 12th International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Asia Security Summit: The Shangri-La Dialogue, in Singapore May 31, 2013. REUTERS/Edgar Su (SINGAPORE - Tags: MILITARY POLITICS) 

Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (R) and East Timor's Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao (2nd R) greet military officers during the opening of the Jakarta International Defence Dialogue (JIDD) in Jakarta March March 20, 2013. Indonesia plans to buy more than a dozen Russian Sukhoi fighter jets and domestically made, missile-equipped patrol ships as part of a $15 billion five-year campaign to modernise its military, defence officials said on Wednesday. REUTERS/Beawiharta (INDONESIA - Tags: TRANSPORT MILITARY POLITICS) 

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (C) shakes hands with staff members next to East Timor's Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao (L) at the Prime Minister's office in Dili September 6, 2012. Clinton arrived in Asia's newest nation of East Timor on Thursday, hoping to bolster the fledgling government that is trying to bring the impoverished country closer in step with its booming neighbors in Southeast Asia. REUTERS/Lirio Da Fonseca (EAST TIMOR - Tags: POLITICS) 

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) looks on during a joint news conference with East Timor's Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao (not pictured) in Dili, September 6, 2012. Clinton arrived in Asia's newest nation of East Timor on Thursday, hoping to bolster the fledgling government that is trying to bring the impoverished country closer in step with its booming neighbors in Southeast Asia. REUTERS/lirio Da Fonseca (EAST TIMOR - Tags: POLITICS HEADSHOT PROFILE) 

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) stands beside East Timor's Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao during a joint news conference in Dili, September 6, 2012. Clinton arrived in Asia's newest nation of East Timor on Thursday, hoping to bolster the fledgling government that is trying to bring the impoverished country closer in step with its booming neighbors in Southeast Asia. REUTERS/lirio Da Fonseca (EAST TIMOR - Tags: POLITICS) 

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton holds up papers as she refers to the "As Prepared" version of former U.S. President Bill Clinton's Democratic National Convention speech that she had read, during a joint news conference with East Timor's Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao (not pictured) at the Government Palace in Dili, East Timor, September 6, 2012. Clinton arrived in Asia's newest nation of East Timor on Thursday, hoping to bolster the fledgling government that is trying to bring the impoverished country closer in step with its booming neighbors in Southeast Asia. REUTERS/Jim Watson/Pool (EAST TIMOR - Tags: POLITICS) 

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) speaks with East Timor's Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao during a joint news conference at the Government Palace in Dili September 6, 2012. Clinton arrived in Asia's newest nation of East Timor on Thursday, hoping to bolster the fledgling government that is trying to bring the impoverished country closer in step with its booming neighbors in Southeast Asia. REUTERS/Jim Watson/Pool (EAST TIMOR - Tags: POLITICS) 

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) speaks with East Timor's Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao at the Government Palace in Dili September 6, 2012. Clinton arrived in Asia's newest nation of East Timor on Thursday, hoping to bolster the fledgling government that is trying to bring the impoverished country closer in step with its booming neighbors in Southeast Asia. REUTERS/Jim Watson/Pool (EAST TIMOR - Tags: POLITICS) 

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) speaks with East Timor's Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao at the Government Palace in Dili September 6, 2012. Clinton arrived in Asia's newest nation of East Timor on Thursday, hoping to bolster the fledgling government that is trying to bring the impoverished country closer in step with its booming neighbors in Southeast Asia. REUTERS/Jim Watson/Pool (EAST TIMOR - Tags: POLITICS)