Excellent meeting in Dili with Dr. Dionisio da Costa Babo Soares, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste. Strong 🇪🇺 EU support for T-L efforts to become 11th member of ASEAN in the near future! European Union Timor-Leste

“We have been able to decentralize development, reduce poverty significantly and diversify the economy by expanding the service sector.” - H.E. Dionisio da Costa Babo Soares, Foreign Minister of #TimorLeste on structural transformation at #CS75.

H.E. Mr. M.A. Mannan, Minister of Planning, #Bangladesh highlighted #technology and expanding economic activities in his country's path to reducing #poverty and advancing equitable economic growth at #CS75.

“The stigma of fragility has undermined the ownership of conflict-affected countries in pathways toward #resilience. G7+ was formed to advocate for country-led peace & peer learning." - H.E. Dionisio da Costa Babo Soares, #TimorLeste Foreign Minister on behalf of g7+ at #CS75