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Kuala Lumpur: Timor-Leste on Sunday became the 11th member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) during the 47th ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur.

This is ASEAN's first expansion in 26 years since Cambodia was admitted in 1999. The island nation had applied for membership in 2011.

Timor-Leste's Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao joined the 10 ASEAN leaders for the signing of documents confirming the nation's long-awaited entry. The leaders later posed for photographs and interlocked arms.

Speaking at the signing of the Declaration on the Admission of Timor-Leste into ASEAN at the 47th ASEAN Summit here today, Gusmao said the milestone also reaffirms ASEAN's vision of a truly united family of nations bound by shared valu

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