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The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has agreed in principle to admit Timor-Leste as the group's 11th member, the bloc said in a statement on Friday.
The half-island nation will also be granted observer status at high-level ASEAN meetings as well as participation in all ASEAN meetings including at the summit plenaries, the bloc said after regional leaders met in Phnom Penh to discuss the issue.
ASEAN leaders also agreed to formalize an objective criteria-based roadmap for Timor-Leste's full membership. All ASEAN member states and external partners shall fully support Timor-Leste to achieve milestones through the provision of capacity-building assistance and any other necessary and relevant support for its full membership in ASEAN, the statement said.
A resource-rich country of 1.3 million people, Timor-Leste formally applied for ASEAN membership in 2011.
The bloc was founded in 1967 and is currently comprised of Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
(With input from Xinhua, Reuters)
(Cover: Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen speaks during the opening ceremony of the 40th and 41st Association of Southeast Asian Nations Summits in Phnom Penh, November 11, 2022. /CFP)
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