Wednesday, 08 June 2016
Timor-Leste Keen To Become Full-Fledged ASEAN Member
Timor-Leste Prime Minister Rui Maria de Araujo with Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak. -- fotoBERNAMA
KUALA LUMPUR, June 7 (Bernama) -- Timor-Leste is keen to become a full-fledged member of the ASEAN bloc, which upon completion of economic assessments, will see its entry as the 11th member.
Timor-Leste Prime Minister Rui Maria de Araujo said the country has been through the assessments in the the last five years, with the secretariat now having the final report.
"We expect that the next ASEAN meeting in Laos will discuss the results of the assessments after which we will know when Timor-Leste will be formally accepted into the group," he told Bernama on the sidelines of the recent World Economic Forum (WEF) on ASEAN 2016 here.
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