TOKYO, JAPAN - NOVEMBER 7: Laotian Foreign Minister Thongloun Sisoulith, left, shakes hands with his Japanese counterpart Katuya Okada, 2nd right, as Laotian Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh, 2nd left, and Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama look on during the signing ceremony on Japanese Official Development Assistance to the Lao People's Democratic Republic at the Japanese PM's official residence prior to the Mekong - Japan Summit Meeting on November 7, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan. The meeting is held to develop the relationships with Japan and Mekong region countires. Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 weeks ago

TOKYO, JAPAN - NOVEMBER 7: Laotian Foreign Minister Thongloun Sisoulith, left, shakes hands with his Japanese counterpart Katuya Okada, 2nd right, as Laotian Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh, 2nd left, and Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama look on during the signing ceremony on Japanese Official Development Assistance to the Lao People's Democratic Republic at the Japanese PM's official residence prior to the Mekong - Japan Summit Meeting on November 7, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan. The meeting is held to develop the relationships with Japan and Mekong region countires.

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  1. TOKYO, JAPAN - NOVEMBER 7: Laotian Foreign Minister Thongloun Sisoulith, left, shakes hands with his Japanese counterpart Katuya Okada, 2nd right, as Laotian Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh, 2nd left, and Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama look on during the signing ceremony on Japanese Official Development Assistance to the Lao People's Democratic Republic at the Japanese PM's official residence prior to the Mekong - Japan Summit Meeting on November 7, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan. The meeting is held to develop the relationships with Japan and Mekong region countires.
  2. 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.
  3. 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 look on during the signing ceremony on Japanese Official Development Assistance to the Lao People's Democratic Republic at Hatoyama's official residence in Tokyo November 7, 2009. Japan offered on Friday more than 500 billion yen ($5.5 billion) in aid over the next three years to Southeast Asia's emerging Mekong River region countries, where it seeks more influence and investment opportunities.
  4. Leaders pose for a group photo for the 12th ASEAN - China summit at Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meeting in Cha-am, October 24, 2009. Pictured are (L - R) Unidentified Indonesian ministry representative, Laos Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Thongloun Sisoulith, Myanmar Prime Minister Thein Sein, Philippines Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs Enrique Manalo, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, China Prime Minister Wen Jiabao, Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, Vietnam Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Cambodian Pime Minister Hun Sen and ASEAN Sec Gen Surin Pitsuwan.
  5. (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.
  6. (L-R) Vietnam's Foreign Minister Dao Viet Trung,Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya,. Japan's Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada, Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen, Cambodia's Foreign Minister Hor Namhong, Laos' Foreign Minister Thongloun Sisoulith and Myanmar's Foreign Minister U Nyan Win prepare to take 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. (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'.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. TOKYO, JAPAN - NOVEMBER 7: Laotian Foreign Minister Thongloun Sisoulith, left, shakes hands with his Japanese counterpart Katuya Okada, 2nd right, as Laotian Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh, 2nd left, and Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama look on during the signing ceremony on Japanese Official Development Assistance to the Lao People's Democratic Republic at the Japanese PM's official residence prior to the Mekong - Japan Summit Meeting on November 7, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan. The meeting is held to develop the relationships with Japan and Mekong region countires.
  12. TOKYO, JAPAN - NOVEMBER 7: Laotian Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh, left, is welcomed by Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama at the Japanese PM's official residence prior to the Mekong - Japan Summit Meeting on November 7, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan. The meeting is held to develop the relationships with Japan and Mekong region countires.
  13. Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (R) shakes hands with Deputy Prime Minister Naoto Kan (C) after Hatoyama's first policy speech at the Diet in Tokyo on October 26 , 2009. Hatoyama launched a broadside against the excesses of capitalism, in his first parliamentary address since taking office last month. At left is Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada.
  14. Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (L) is welcomed by his Thai counterpart Abhisit Vejjajiva (R) upon his arrival for the the East Asia Summit meeting during the 15th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in the southern Thai resort town of Hua Hin on October 25, 2009. Japan's new Prime Minister Hatoyama pressed plans for a new East Asian community at a summit on October 24, saying that the region should aspire to lead the world.
  15. Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (L) is welcomed by his Thai counterpart Abhisit Vejjajiva (R) upon his arrival for the the East Asia Summit meeting during the 15th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in the southern Thai resort town of Hua Hin on October 25, 2009. Japan's new Prime Minister Hatoyama pressed plans for a new East Asian community at a summit on October 24, saying that the region should aspire to lead the world.
  16. Japanese Pime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (R) is welcomed by his Thai counterpart Abhisit Vejjajiva (L) upon his arrival for the Gala Dinner in the southern Thai resort town of Hua Hin on October 24, 2009. Prime Minister Hatoyama is here to attend the Southeastan Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit meeting.

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