Timor-Leste attends its first Asean meet


THE country made a debut at a meeting of the Association of South-East Asian Nations held in Jakarta, marking a move closer towards its full membership in Asean.

Friday’s agenda was the meeting session of the Asean Coordinating Council, a part of the three-day Asean Foreign Ministers Retreat at the Asean Secretariat in Jakarta from Feb 2 until yesterday.

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