ASEAN to admit E. Timor, continues to struggle with Myanmar crisis

The leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations agreed in principle to admit East Timor as the 11th member of the group at their summit in Cambodia on Friday while continuing to struggle with the most pressing issue of Myanmar's prolonged political crisis.The agreement between the leaders of the 10-member ASEAN comes more than a decade after East Timor applied for membership in 2011. East Timor is granted observer status at all meetings until it joins the bloc, a joint statement said. No specific timeline for accession has been set.Singapore was previously the most reluctant to ad…READ FULL ARTICLE