US EditionEast Timor, Asia's youngest nation, becomes ASEAN's 11th member
East Timor’s ASEAN entry after 14 years of campaigning offers access to free trade and investment, vital for economic diversification beyond oil and gas, officials said.
- East Timor joined the Association of South East Asian Nations as its 11th member on Sunday after 14 years of campaigning.
- East Timor, also known as Timor-Leste, is the youngest country in the region, having gained independence from Indonesia in 2002 after 24 years of occupation.
- The country continues to grapple with high levels of inequality, malnutrition, unemployment, and heavy reliance on oil, posing challenges for its effective participation in ASEAN.
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PressNewsAgency‘This is history’: tears as East Timor completes journey into Asean
When the red, black and yellow flag of East Timor was hoisted alongside the colours of its new Southeast Asian peers inside the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre on Sunday, several Timorese journalists in the media gallery broke into tears. After more than a decade of waiting since it first applied in 2011, the small half-island nation – Asia’s newest country – on Sunday formally joined Asean as its 11th member. The ceremony at the 47th summit of t…
East Timor becomes the eleventh member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. The path to membership was rocky.
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — East Timor's prime minister told leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations that admission to the bloc was a "dream come true" for his nation and an opportunity, within…
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