From Ashes to ASEAN: East Timor's Voice Finds Strength in Unity: PM

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From Ashes to ASEAN: East Timor's Voice Finds Strength in Unity: PM

Asia's youngest nation, aged only 23 years, joined the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) not for economic gains, but to make its "voice heard through this big community of nations," PM Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao told Sputnik.

The small island country located in Southeast officially became the 11th ASEAN member on Sunday, a Sputnik correspondent reported. This marked the organization's first expansion in 25 years.

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