Previous Malaysian foreign minister secretary general Othman was chosen by the country to work with ASEAN to utilize its peace plan in Myanmar. Since the fight started in 2021, he is ASEAN’s five special envoy to Myanmar.  ,
Othman said he would travel to Myanmar” immediately.”
The junta leadership’s failure to follow through on the harmony schedule, which has enraged the bloc’s most powerful nations, has harmed ASEAN’s most powerful nations.
The junta is urging a 2025 vote, an exercise that critics have labeled as a sham, despite being battered on numerous frontlines, dealing with a collapsing economy, and lots of political events banned.
FACILITATING TIMOR-LESTE’S Arrival
Mohamad added that ASEAN foreign ministries applauded Timor-Leste’s development in putting together a blueprint for its entire account in the union.  ,
He added that the member nations remained committed to facilitating Timor-Leste’s entry to ASEAN.  ,
” Some highlighted the need to help Timor-Leste’s efforts through capacity-building and certain technical support programs”, said Mohamad.  ,
Timor-Leste participated in the surrender as an observer. Bendito windows Santos Freitas, the country’s foreign affairs minister, represented it.  ,
The youngest nation in Asia has been a wait since 2011 to join ASEAN. The 10 ASEAN member states initially agreed on Timor-Leste’s membership and gave it outsider status in November 2022 while Cambodia was in charge.
In May 2023, the alliance adopted a strategy for Timor-Leste’s full account to help the country in fulfilling the account criteria.
In a new special interview with CNA, Timor-Leste’s President José Ramos-Horta expressed wish that his nation had become ASEAN’s 11th part in 2025.
” We have made tremendous progress ( since 2023 )”, said Ramos-Horta.
” At the same time, I think ASEAN officials, most of them, all of them, realize that it is enough, what Timor-Leste has done to significance instant account. That it is not realistic, (or ) even fair, to expect Timor-Leste to join ASEAN only when it has reached the level of Malaysia, Singapore or Thailand”.
A SINGLE ASEAN VISA FOR Visitors?  ,
At the same time, ASEAN countries are examining ways to make cross-border travel between member states more convenient and promote hospitality.
Tourism is a key driver of economic growth in the region, according to Malaysia’s Tourism, Arts, and Culture Minister Tiong King Sing, who stated on Sunday that improving cross-border cooperation is necessary to create a dynamic and visible tourism environment.
” We need to improve laws to increase the number of visitors entering.” We can’t be tolerant on the security front, he said after chairing the 28th ASEAN tourism ministers ‘ meeting in Johor Bahru.” I believe this issue should be discussed further within our respective countries,” he said.