Timor-Leste attends first Asean meeting

Asean Secretary General and Foreign Ministers (except Myanmar) attend the 32nd Asean Coordinating Council meeting in Jakarta on February 3, 2023. - Foreign ministers attending: Malaysia's Zambry Abdul Kadir, Brunei's Erywan Pehin Yusof, Singapore's Vivian Balakrishnan, Thailand's Don Pramudwinai, Vietnam's Bui Thanh Son, Indonesia's Rento Marsudi, Laos' Saleumxay Kommasith, Philippines' Enrique Austria Manalo, Cambodia's Prak Sokhonn, East Timor's Adaljiza Magno, Asean Secretary General Kao Kim Hourn. - AFP

JAKARTA, Feb 4 (Xinhua): Timor-Leste made a debut at a meeting of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (Asean) held here on Friday, marking a move closer towards its full membership in Asean.

Friday's agenda was the meeting session of the Asean Coordinating Council (ACC), a part of the three-day Asean Foreign Ministers Retreat at the Asean Secretariat in Jakarta from Feb. 2 to Feb. 4.