Australia warmly congratulates Timor-Leste on its accession as the 11th member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese marked the occasion with Prime Minister Xanana Gusm\u00e3o and ASEAN leaders at the 47th ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is an important milestone for ASEAN and a significant step for Timor-Leste\u2019s regional integration and economic development. It is a credit to both ASEAN\u2019s and Timor Leste\u2019s sustained efforts over many years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We acknowledge the leadership of Prime Minister Xanana Gusm\u00e3o in achieving what he has described as a ‘historic goal’ for the nation and people of Timor-Leste.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Australia is proud to have supported Timor-Leste\u2019s ASEAN journey from the beginning, including through our $11.8 million technical assistance and capacity building package.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Australia is ASEAN\u2019s first Dialogue Partner, and we strongly support ASEAN\u2019s role in shaping a peaceful, stable and prosperous Indo-Pacific.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ASEAN is central to regional stability; it guards against conflict, drives regional economic growth, and reinforces the rules and norms that protect us all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As a close friend, partner and neighbour, we look forward to continuing to work closely with Timor-Leste and ASEAN to ensure membership delivers real benefits for the Timorese people and our shared region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Australia warmly congratulates Timor-Leste on its accession as the 11th member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Prime Minister Anthony Albanese marked the occasion with Prime Minister Xanana Gusm\u00e3o and ASEAN leaders at the 47th ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur. This is an important milestone for ASEAN and a significant step for Timor-Leste\u2019s … Continue reading “Timor-Leste\u2019s accession to ASEAN”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35643"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35643\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35644,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35643\/revisions\/35644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}