The accession of East Timor to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations is a process that started following the independence of the country in 2002 when its leaders stated that it had made a "strategic decision" to become a member state of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in the future.[1] The country officially applied for membership in 2011.[2]
Closer ties with ASEAN are supported by all political parties in East Timor.[3] East Timor would have by far the smallest GDP in the ASEAN, less than 15% of the smallest current ASEAN member state Laos.[4] In 2022, the country was admitted "in principle" as the organization's 11th member, with full membership pending.[5]
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- ^ Min, Chew Hui (11 November 2022). "ASEAN agrees in principle to admit Timor-Leste as 11th member". CNA. Archived from the original on 20 January 2023. Retrieved 11 November 2022.