TOKYO - NOVEMBER 07: Laotian Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh (2nd L) speaks, along with (L-R) Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, Myanmar Prime Minister Thein Sein, Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, during a joint press conference following the Mekong-Japan Summit Meeting at Hatoyama's official residence on November 7, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan. The two-day meeting is held to develop the relationships with Japan and five countries of the Mekong region. Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 weeks ago

TOKYO - NOVEMBER 07: Laotian Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh (2nd L) speaks, along with (L-R) Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, Myanmar Prime Minister Thein Sein, Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, during a joint press conference following the Mekong-Japan Summit Meeting at Hatoyama's official residence on November 7, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan. The two-day meeting is held to develop the relationships with Japan and five countries of the Mekong region.

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  3. Gilles Simon (L) of France talks with Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva (R) during a trophy ceremony following the ATP Thailand Open tennis tournament in Bangkok on October 4, 2009. Simon used his experience to defeat Serb Viktor Troicki 7-5, 6-3 at the Thailand Open, winning his first title of the season.
  4. Gilles Simon (R) of France recieves his trophy from Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva (L) during a ceremony following the ATP Thailand Open tennis tournament in Bangkok on October 4, 2009. Simon used his experience to defeat Serb Viktor Troicki 7-5, 6-3 at the Thailand Open, winning his first title of the season.
  5. Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva (R) stands next to Russian tennis player Marat Safin (L) during the opening ceremony of ATP Thailand Open tennis tournament in Bangkok on October 1, 2009. Gilles Simon of France tested his chronic sore knee with a 6-2, 6-2 defeat of American Kevin Kim while retiring Russian Marat Safin ticked up another tournament loss Thursday as he winds down his career at the Thailand Open.
  6. U.N. Climate chief Yvo de Boer, left, and Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, right, look on prior to the start of the opening session of the U.N. climate talks Monday, Sept. 28, 2009, in Bangkok, Thailand.
  7. Britain's Prince Andrew (L), the Duke of York, meets with Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung in Hanoi on October 5, 2009. The prince's two-day visit is aimed at boosting trade and investment relations with Vietnam.
  8. Britain's Prince Andrew (L), the Duke of York, meets with Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung in Hanoi on October 5, 2009. The prince's two-day visit is aimed at boosting trade and investment relations with Vietnam.
  9. Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung (C) visits an area devastated by Typhoon Ketsana in Vietnam's central city of Hoi An October 1, 2009. Millions of people were battling on Thursday to cope with the aftermath of a typhoon that cut a destructive path through parts of Southeast Asia, killing 400, as a stronger storm emerged off the Philippines.
  10. Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, left, Chairman of the Presidium of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Huynh Dam, second from left, and Communist Party Chief Nong Duc Manh, third from left, watch Vietnamese women play instruments during the opening ceremony of the 7th National Congress of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, VFF, at the International Convention Center in Hanoi, Vietnam, Monday, Sept. 28, 2009. The VFF committees from across the country, including high-ranking leaders of the party and state, gathered for the three-day congress.
  11. Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung (C) inspects the honour guard with his Hungarian counterpart Gordon Bajnai (L) in front of the parliament building at Kossuth square in central Budapest on September 18, 2009 during his welcoming ceremony. The Vietnamese guest is on a two-day official visit to the Hungarian capital.
  12. Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung (L) is invited given flowers beside his Hungarian counterpart Gordon Bajnai (R) in front of the parliament building at Kossuth square in central Budapest on September 18, 2009 during his welcoming ceremony. The Vietnamese guest is on a two-day official visit to the Hungarian capital.
  13. (L/R) Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak, Myanmar's Prime Minister General Thein Sein, Philippines President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, US President Barack Obama,Thailand's Prime Minister Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet , Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen , Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, and Lao's Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh. shake hands during the group photograph at the ASEAN-US leaders meeting in Singapore on November 15, 2009, on the sidelines of The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit. US President Barack Obama held an unprecedented group summit with Southeast Asian leaders, including the prime minister of regional pariah Myanmar. Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong told Obama and his colleagues from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations that he wanted 'to welcome all of you to the first ASEAN-US leaders' meeting'.
  14. U.S. President Barack Obama (5th L) poses with ASEAN Leaders before their ASEAN-US meeting in Singapore November 15, 2009. Pictured (L-R) are: Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak, Myanmar's Prime Minister Thein Sein, Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, Vietnam's President Nguyen Minh Triet , Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen, Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Laos' Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh.
  15. U.S. President Barack Obama (5th L) poses with ASEAN Leaders before their ASEAN-US meeting in Singapore November 15, 2009. Pictured (L-R) are: Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak, Myanmar's Prime Minister Thein Sein, Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, Vietnam's President Nguyen Minh Triet , Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen, Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Laos' Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh.
  16. U.S. President Barack Obama (5th L) poses with ASEAN Leaders before their ASEAN-US meeting in Singapore November 15, 2009. Pictured (L-R) are: Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak, Myanmar's Prime Minister Thein Sein, Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, Vietnam's President Nguyen Minh Triet , Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen, Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Laos' Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh.

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