Timor-Leste has 'no obstacles' to joining ASEAN: President Ramos-Horta

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Jose Ramos-Horta, president of Timor-Leste, said in Davos on Jan. 18 that his country's accession to ASEAN as the 11th member of the bloc "can happen this year." (Photo by Kenji Kawase)

KENJI KAWASE, Nikkei Asia chief business news correspondent

DAVOS, Switzerland -- Nothing stands in the way of Timor-Leste joining the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, President Jose Ramos-Horta said Wednesday on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum's annual meeting here, adding that it could happen as early as this year.

"There is no obstacle to our accession" to ASEAN, Ramos-Horta told Nikkei Asia.

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