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15/11/22 13:59 PM IST

ASEAN agrees ‘in principal’ to admit Timor-Leste

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  • The ASEAN members agreed in principle to admit East Timor as the 11th member of the bloc.
About East Timor
  • Timor Leste or East Timor is a half-island nation in the eastern Lesser Sunda Islands.
  • It is situated at the southern extreme of the Malay Archipelago.
  • It occupies the eastern half of the Island of Timor.
  • It is bounded by the Timor Sea to the southeast, the Wetar Strait to the north, the Ombai Strait to the northwest and the western Timor (part of Indonesian territory) to southwest.
  • East Timor that was previously part of Indonesian territory. Indonesia occupied the island nation in 1976.
  • It was recognized by the United Nations in 2002. This makes it the youngest democracy in Asia.
  • East Timor was granted observer status at ASEAN meetings, including summit plenaries, until it is formally inducted into the regional bloc.
ASEAN 
  • The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is a regional bloc founded on August 8, 1967 in Bangkok, Thailand.
  • Its member states are Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.
  • East Timor was added as a new member of this regional grouping.
Source- The Hindu 

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