Timor Leste can participate in ASEAN meetings but not in decision-making, nor can it freely share its views, says ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute’s Joanne Lin.
to join the Association of Southeast Asian Nations as its 11th member state. However, it may have a long way to go in to reach the ultimate prize - full membership.
The observer status will nevertheless allow Timor-Leste a foot in the door and to learn the ins and outs of the bureaucracy, including how best to negotiate within the bloc. The extent of Timor-Leste’s participation in ASEAN meetings as an observer is still under deliberation within the bloc, with a set of guidelines expected to be approved next month.
Some checkboxes will be about Timor-Leste’s ability to helm ASEAN's annually rotating chairmanship, which will include hosting summits and all the infrastructure and connectivity capacity those require. It will need competent officials and experts to attend the over 1,300 ASEAN meetings including joint security exercises, and the necessary proficiency to negotiate and facilitate relations with dialogue partners such as China, the European Union and the United States.
Timor-Leste will also need to establish rules of origin and certification procedures, technical standards regime, updated sanitary and phytosanitary standards, as well as ensure qualified personnel, including legal experts, to manage customOn top of all these, it would need to contribute financially to ASEAN’s budget on an equal basis, at about US$2.5 million each year per full member.
Observers had attributed the long delay to some reservations within the bloc, for example that Timor-Leste’s economic limitations may slow down the realisation of the ASEAN Economic Community - envisioned as an integrated economy with a free flow of goods, services, capital and labour.
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