News ASEAN News ASEAN ‘Timor Leste unlikely to gain full membership to ASEAN this year’ Dili must fulfil long list of criteria before gaining formal admission, says ASEAN secretary-general June 14, 2023 SINGAPORE – ASEAN’s Secretary-General Kao Kim Hourn said it would be unlikely that Timor Leste, Southeast Asia’s youngest nation, would gain formal admission…
News ASEAN News ASEAN East Timor hopes to join ASEAN under Indonesia presidency next year July 19, 2022 BOGOR, Indonesia (Reuters) – East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta said on Tuesday during a visit to Indonesia that he hoped to boost trade…
News World News World Timor Leste celebrates 20 years since historic independence vote Twenty years after the end of a bloody occupation, Timor Leste looks to the future August 31, 2019 DILI (AFP) – Timor Leste on Friday celebrated 20 years since a UN-backed vote ended a bloody, decades-long occupation by Indonesian forces and…
News National ASEAN News National ASEAN Timor Leste says Brunei will support its bid to join ASEAN Dili's foreign minister was in Brunei this week as part of diplomatic swing to shore up support for ASEAN membership July 6, 2019 BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN – Timor Leste’s foreign minister said Brunei has “given assurance” it will support the country’s bid to join ASEAN, which…