Negara itu mulai stabil lagi setelah kedatangan pasukan penjaga perdamaian asing dan polisi PBB serta pembentukan pemerintah baru pada Juli yang dipimpin Perdana Menteri Jose Ramos-Horta, seorang penerima Hadiah Nobel Perdamaian.
Stability has largely returned to the fledgling nation following the arrival of foreign peacekeepers and UN police and the installation of a new government in July headed by Prime Minister Jose Ramos-Horta, a Nobel Peace Prize winner.