In a NUMBER@1 January NUMBER@2 news release , the Republic of PERSON@1 proposed that independence from the LOCATION@1 might follow a Compact of Free Association and suggested that the independence process could resemble that of the LOCATION@2 , LOCATION@3 , the LOCATION@4 or the LOCATION@5 .

The ORGANIZATION@1 say they might follow the example of the LOCATION@2 or the LOCATION@5 , countries which used to belong to the LOCATION@1 but then achieved independence .
