Timor-Leste urged not to be anxious for being ASEAN member

DILI, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) — Foreign Minister of Singapore Jorge Yoe said that Timor-Leste should not be anxious to apply for being member of the Association of the Southeast Asia Nations (ASEAN), but it had to make self-preparations, Televizaun Timor-Leste reported on Thursday.

Yoe stressed that Singapore did not close the door to Timor- Leste to become member of the ASEAN, but he preferred Timor-Leste to create proper conditions before applying it.

During three-day visit in Timor-Leste, Yoe plans to meet the country’s leaders to talk on Singaporean’s position of endorsing Timor-Leste to become member of the ASEAN.