Laotian Foreign Minister Thongloun Sisoulith (L) shakes hands with his Japanese counterpart Katuya Okada (2nd R), as Laotian Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh (2nd L), and Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama watch during a signing ceremony on Japanese Official Development Assistance to the Lao People's Democratic Republic at the official residence in Tokyo, on November 7, 2009. Japan's new Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama on hailed Washington's latest efforts to engage Myanmar as beneficial for the entire Mekong region, during the two-day meeting held to develop the relationships with Japan and five countries of the Mekong region. Getty Images logo Getty Images 27 months ago

Laotian Foreign Minister Thongloun Sisoulith (L) shakes hands with his Japanese counterpart Katuya Okada (2nd R), as Laotian Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh (2nd L), and Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama watch during a signing ceremony on Japanese Official Development Assistance to the Lao People's Democratic Republic at the official residence in Tokyo, on November 7, 2009. Japan's new Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama on hailed Washington's latest efforts to engage Myanmar as beneficial for the entire Mekong region, during the two-day meeting held to develop the relationships with Japan and five countries of the Mekong region.

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