‘Really dumb and lazy if we do not benefit’: Timor-Leste president on hopes of joining ASEAN in 2025

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Asia’s youngest country has been waiting to be a member of ASEAN since 2011. The benefits of membership won’t be one-sided, Timor-Leste President José Ramos-Horta tells CNA in an exclusive interview. DILI: Pictures of Southeast Asian leaders such as Brunei’s Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Indonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto and Singapore’s Prime Minister Lawrence Wong adorn a newly inaugurated hall in Timor-Leste’s presidential palace in the capital Dili. Also occupying a spot in the red-carpeted