ASEAN-MEMBERSHIP | Timor-Leste still on for ASEAN, insists President Ramos-Horta

President of Timor-Leste José Ramos-Horta menyampaikan paparannya dalam Democracy Dialogue: The Sustainability of Democracy in Southeast Asia di Auditorium CSIS, Jakarta, Senin (7/8/2023). Acara tersebut diselenggarakan dalam rangka 40 tahun The Jakarta Post. (JP/Wendra Ajistyatama)

It is Dili’s “destiny” to be part of ASEAN, said Timor-Leste President Jose Ramos-Horta on Monday, following his Prime Minister Xanana Gusmão’s previous statement claiming that the nation might reconsider its membership application.

Expecting ASEAN to have fully resolved the complicated Myanmar crisis by now was “unfair”, Ramos-Horta added.

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For over a decade, Dili has attempted to get itself included as an official member of the 10-nation Southeast Asian bloc, an undertaking that finally bore fruit late last year when ASEAN members agreed in principle to admit Timor-Leste as their 11th member.

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Yvette Tanamal
The Jakarta Post
PREMIUM Jakarta
●   Tue, August 8 2023

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