Laotian Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh, second left, speaks, as others from left, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, Myanmar Prime Minister Gen. Thein Sein, Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung listen during a joint press conference following the Mekong-Japan Summit Meeting at Hatoyama's official residence on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009 in Tokyo. Japan hosted the first summit meeting between Japan and the five Mekong countries for Friday and Saturday. AP Photo logo AP Photo 2 weeks ago

Laotian Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh, second left, speaks, as others from left, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, Myanmar Prime Minister Gen. Thein Sein, Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung listen during a joint press conference following the Mekong-Japan Summit Meeting at Hatoyama's official residence on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009 in Tokyo. Japan hosted the first summit meeting between Japan and the five Mekong countries for Friday and Saturday.

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  4. Members of the ASAEN 10 link hands for a group photo, from left to right, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, Myanmar's Prime Minister Gen. Thein Sein, Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, U.S. President Barack Obama, Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Laotian Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphvanh, in Singapore, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009.
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