An interview with H.E. Maubere Lorosae da Silva Horta, Ambassador of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste to the People's Republic of China BEIJING, June 25, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- A report by China ...

KUALA LUMPUR: Timor-Leste will become a full member of Asean by the 47th Asean Summit and Related Summits in October, says Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. Anwar said that Timor-Leste has ...

Timor-Leste’s Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao greets Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim before the plenary session at the ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, May 26, 2025 (pool photo by Mohd ...

Asia’s youngest country and Asean’s latest member might be small but it’s ready to get to work. We speak to president José Ramos-Horta to explore what’s next. At long last Timor-Leste has been ...

The young nation has yet to fulfill a considerable number of legal requirements, suggesting that a later timeline might be more realistic. Timor-Leste is on track for its long-awaited accession to the ...

TIMOR Leste or East Timor may soon join the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), of which the Philippines is one of the founding members, Foreign Affairs Secretary Ma. Theresa Lazaro said ...

It took half a century, two foreign occupations, a UN peacekeeping mission, and one of the most extraordinary independence struggles of the modern era. But on 26 October 2025, East Timor — officially ...

Since Timor-Leste was granted official observer status and received in-principle approval to become a member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) during the 40th and 41st ASEAN ...

Timor-Leste has dismissed Myanmar’s reported objection to it becoming the 11th member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), as “inconsequential and irrelevant.” Myanmar has formally ...

Timor-Leste is rejoicing after taking one step closer to joining the Southeast Asian regional bloc, after a unanimous declaration of support by member states at the 46th ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur.

The country-wide ASEAN Awareness Campaign is gaining momentum as Timor-Leste prepares to join the ASEAN family as a full member. Supported by the European Union through the International Trade Centre ...