00:00Your Majesty, Your Royal Highness, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, good afternoon and welcome to the luncheon reception, celebrating Timor-Leste's accession as the 11th member of ASEAN.
00:19Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I will cut down the pleasantries because we are all hungry and you are looking forward for the lunch, not for my speech.
00:28I am aware of that. But I think today, the luncheon is of course hosted by the Government of Timor-Leste.
00:36Thank you, President Namas Horta and thank you, Prime Minister Senan Agusmao and all those present.
00:43We, the ASEAN community, fraternity, rejoice with the ascension of Timor-Leste.
00:54As the 11th member of great ASEAN community.
01:04And of course, on behalf of all my colleagues, we can assure you, we will consider you as a real functional effective partner.
01:16We understand your tribulations. We understand your hope and aspirations.
01:24And let us join and build this ASEAN together.
01:28And thank you again for willing to consider and adopting all the conditions imposed in the corridors.
01:40Difficult as it may initially, but you did well.
01:44So let me say on behalf of Malaysia, on behalf of all our colleagues, a great thank you.
01:50I am sorry, but I will talk for two and a half hours.
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02:09I once again express our profound gratitude to the Government and people of Malaysia.
02:15And to all ASEAN members for welcoming us into this great family.
02:22And to all the distinguished guests for joining us on this very special celebration.
02:30In Timor-Leste, we believe that the true friendship is best shared through our culture, through music, dance and the stories of our land and people.
02:46In this occasion today, we are delighted to share a glimpse of Timor-Leste's beauty and spirit through our traditional performance.
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