Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya (L) ,Vietnam's Deputy Foreign Minister Dao Viet Trung (2nd L) ,cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen (2nd R) and Cambodia's Foreign Minister Hor Namhong attend the second Mekong-Japan Foreign Ministers' Meeting at a hotel in Siem Reap province, 230km (143 miles) northwest of Phnom Penh, October 3 , 2009. Reuters Pictures 2 months ago

Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya (L) ,Vietnam's Deputy Foreign Minister Dao Viet Trung (2nd L) ,cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen (2nd R) and Cambodia's Foreign Minister Hor Namhong attend the second Mekong-Japan Foreign Ministers' Meeting at a hotel in Siem Reap province, 230km (143 miles) northwest of Phnom Penh, October 3 , 2009.

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  2. SINGAPORE - NOVEMBER 15: Singapore's President S.R. Nathan (R) and Russia's President Dmitri Medvedev (C) inspect a guard of honor at the Istana presidential residence during a state visit November 15, 2009 in Singapore. Medvedev is in Singapore to attend the APEC summit and is conducting a state visit on Sunday and Monday. The Pacific rim nations meeting in Singapore this week focusing on economic recovery culminates in the 17th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting this weekend, ending 15 November. APEC consists of the 21 Pacific Rim economies: Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, China, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Peru, Russia, United States and Vietnam.
  3. SINGAPORE - NOVEMBER 15: Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (front row C) speaks surrounded by APEC Leaders at the closing declaration ceremony of the APEC Summit on November 15, 2009, in Singapore. Pictured front row (L-R) are: Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Chile's President Michelle Bachelet, China's President Hu Jintao, Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang, Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, South Korea's President Lee Myung-bak, Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. Back row (L-R) are: Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak, New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key, Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister Michael Somare, Peru's Trade Minister Martin Perez, Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev, Taiwan's former Vice-President Lien Chen, Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, Vietnam's President Nguyen Minh Triet.

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  1. Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya (C) walks to a meeting room during the 2nd Mekong-Japan Foreign Ministers' meeting at a hotel in Siem Reap province, 314 kilometres northwest of Phnom Penh, on October 3, 2009. The meeting between foreign ministers from the Mekong River region and Japan was held to promote greater cooperation.
  2. Japanese Foreign Minister Kazuo Kodama (3rd L), Vietnamese Deputy Foreign Minister Dao Viet Trung (2nd L), Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya (L), Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Nam Hong (3rd R), Laos Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Thong Loun Sisolith (2nd R) and Myanmar Foreign Minister U Nyan Win (R) stand for a group photo during the 2nd Mekong-Japan Foreign Ministers' meeting at a hotel in Siem Reap province, some 314 kilometers northwest of Phnom Penh on October 3, 2009. The meeting between foreign ministers from the Mekong River region and Japan was held to promote greater cooperation.
  3. Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen (C), Japanese Foreign Minister Kazuo Kodama (3rd L), Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya (L) and Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Nam Hong (R) take part in the second Mekong-Japan Foreign Ministers' meeting at a hotel in Siem Reap province, some 314 kilometers northwest of Phnom Penh on October 3, 2009. The meeting between foreign ministers from the Mekong River region and Japan was held to promote greater cooperation.
  4. Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya (L) ,Vietnam's Deputy Foreign Minister Dao Viet Trung (2nd L) ,cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen (2nd R) and Cambodia's Foreign Minister Hor Namhong attend the second Mekong-Japan Foreign Ministers' Meeting at a hotel in Siem Reap province, 230km (143 miles) northwest of Phnom Penh, October 3 , 2009.
  5. Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya speaks during the 2nd Mekong-Japan Foreign Ministers' meeting at a hotel in Siem Reap province, some 314 kilometers northwest of Phnom Penh on October 3, 2009. The meeting between foreign ministers from the Mekong River region and Japan was held to promote greater cooperation.
  6. (L-R) Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya, Vietnam's Deputy Foreign Minister Dao Viet Trung, Japan's Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada, Cambodia's Foreign Minister Hor Namhong , Laos' Foreign Minister Thongloun Sisoulith and Myanmar's Foreign Minister U Nyan Win poss for a photo during the second Mekong-Japan Foreign Ministers' Meeting at a hotel in Siem Reap province, 230km (143 miles) northwest of Phnom Penh, October 3 , 2009.
  7. Cambodian Pime Minister Hun Sen and Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong (L) at the 15th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meeting in Cha-am, Thailand October 24, 2009. In a slap in the face to Thailand's rulers, Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun offered fugitive former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra a job as economic adviser. Thaksin, ousted in a 2006 coup, heavily influences a red-shirted, anti-government protest movement from self-imposed exile in Dubai. Thailand is seeking to extradite him to serve a jail term for corruption.
  8. RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2009 - France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (L) speaks to his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy as he arrives at the Place de la Concorde in Paris to attend the Bastille day parade, July 14, 2009. (L-R) Nicolas Sarkozy, NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer's wife Jeannine de Hoop Scheffer, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh 's wife Gursharan Kaur, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen's wife Bun Rany Hun Sen.
  9. A demonstrator from Thailand's royalist 'Yellow Shirt' movement holds a sign showing former premier Thaksin Shinawatra (L) hugging Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen (R) during a rally in Bangkok on November 15, 2009. Thousands of royalist demonstrators protested in Bangkok against a visit to Cambodia by their arch-foe, fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra. The group said it had called the rally to express outrage at the neighbouring country's appointment of Thaksin as an economic adviser and Phnom Penh's refusal to extradite him during his four-day trip there this week.
  10. A yellow-shirted protester holds a portrait of former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen during a rally in Bangkok November 15, 2009. Thousands of Thais gathered in central Bangkok on Sunday to protest at remarks made about the monarchy by fugitive ex-Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
  11. 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.
  12. From left, U.S. President Barack Obama, Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, foreground, Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, prepare to take their seats for a multilateral meeting with ASEAN-10 members in Singapore Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009.
  13. Cambodian chief of Foreign Minister Hor Namhong's cabinet, Eat Sophea (R), hands over a formal letter to a Thai diplomat (L) at Cambodia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Phnom Penh on November 11, 2009. Cambodia rejected Thailand's request to extradite former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, inflaming tensions over Phnom Penh's appointment of the fugitive former Thai premier as an economic adviser.
  14. Cambodian Pime Minister Hun Sen and Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong (L) at the 15th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meeting in Cha-am, Thailand October 24, 2009. In a slap in the face to Thailand's rulers, Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun offered fugitive former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra a job as economic adviser. Thaksin, ousted in a 2006 coup, heavily influences a red-shirted, anti-government protest movement from self-imposed exile in Dubai. Thailand is seeking to extradite him to serve a jail term for corruption.
  15. Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen (2nd R) toasts South Korea's Foreign Affairs Minister Yu Myung-hwan (R) as South Korea's President Lee Myung-bak (2nd L) toasts Cambodia's Foreign Affairs Minister Hor Namhong at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Phnom Penh October 22, 2009. Lee is on an official visit to Cambodia.
  16. Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong talks during a press conference in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009. Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen will officially raise the issue of the disputed border with Thailand near Preah Vihear temple at the upcoming summit of Southeast Asian leaders, Hor Namhong said Wednesday.

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