Speaking about ASEAN agreeing in principle to admit East Timor as the group’s 11th member, PH foreign affairs ASEC Daniel Espiritu says 'there would have to be a procedure' to ensure the half-island nation is 'ready to enter the ASEAN.' asean2022
East TimorThe half-island nation, officially called Timor Leste, will also be granted observer status at high-level ASEAN meetings, the bloc said after regional leaders met in Phnom Penh for a summit.
The East Timorese voted for independence from a brutal occupation by neighboring Indonesia in a 1999 UN-supervised referendum, and the country was officially recognized by the United Nations in 2002, making it Asia’s youngest democracy. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the summits, Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs Assistant Secretary Daniel Espiritu said before a years-long process would have to be followed prior to the grant of full membership to East Timor.
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