Ramos-Horta urges East Timor to move on (AAP)

East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta has called on his people to accept that Indonesians who committed human rights abuses against them will never be tried, so the nation can move forward. The oil-rich country could escape from poverty only if it was stable, and for that it needed good relations with Indonesia, its giant neighbour and former occupier, Ramos-Horta told Agence France-Presse. The president predicted a surge in world oil prices could lead to the standard of living in East Timor one day rivalling Australia's, with a per capita income of more than $US30,000 ($A30,861) a year. But it would not happen unless the country was stable, Ramos-Horta said, adding that he would be "stupid" to call for an international tribunal on past wrongs. "We have to understand the new Indonesia and remember that the Indonesian army was... [read full story]