"The accession of Timor-Leste to ASEAN will be of immense benefit to us all,"
"We will certainly have a big celebration for your accession to ASEAN in October 2025,"
"It has been said that it's easier to enter heaven than to join ASEAN. Timor-Leste applied for membership in 2011, some nine years after gaining independence. It recognized early on that it needed to join a regional body to secure its economic and political sovereignty as a new nation,"
Timor-Leste will become the newest ASEAN member in October 2025 following a process that began with its 2011 application and was formally launched in 2022. Membership was confirmed during a visit by Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, who pledged celebrations and called accession beneficial. Timor-Leste gained independence in 2002 after Indonesian occupation and civil conflict. Observers note the country sought regional membership to secure economic and political sovereignty. Recent protests in Dili over the government plan to provide free Toyota Prado SUVs to lawmakers turned violent and prompted police to fire tear gas, testing democratic stability.
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