Wednesday, July 23, 2008

ASEAN Regional Forum

Cambodia's Foreign Minister Kao Kim Hourn, left, and Myanmar's Foreign Minister Nyan Win wait before attending the 15th ASEAN Regional Forum Retreat meetings on Thursday July 24, 2008 at the Shangri-La Hotel in Singapore.
Group photograph shows from back row, left to right, Cambodia's foreign Minister Kao Kim Hourn, Parliamentary Secretary for Canada Deepak Obhrai, France's Foreign Minister Rama Yade, Indonesia's Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda, Japan's Foreign Minister Masahiko Koumura, Laos' Foreign Minister Thongloun Sisoulith , Malaysia's Foreign Minister Rais Yatim, Myanmar's Foreign Minister Nyan Win, New Zealand's Foreign Minister Winson Raymond Peters, Papua New Guinea's Foreign Minister Samuel Abal, Philippines delegation leader Enrique Manalo, South Korea's Foreign Minister Yu Myung-Hwan, State Secretary of Mongolia Damdin Tsogtbaatar, Additional Foreign Secretary of Pakistan Masood Khalid and front row, left, to right, North Korea's Foreign Minister Pak Ui Chun, China's Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi, Brunei's Foreign Minister Prince Mohamed Bolkiah, Adviser, Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Bangladesh Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury, Foreign Minister of Australia Stephen Smith, Thailand's Deputy Prime Minister Sahas Bunditkul, Singapore's Foreign Minister George Yeo, Vietnam's Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, East Timor Foreign Minister Zacarias Albano Da Costa, Sri Lanka's Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, and ASEAN Secretary-General Surin Pitsuwan hold hands for a group photo at the 15th ASEAN Regional Forum Retreat meetings on Thursday July 24, 2008 at the Shangri-La Hotel in Singapore.
Cambodian Buddhist monks are seen at Preah Vihear temple, near the Thai border in the Cambodian province of Preah Vihear on July 21. The UN Security Council is expected to discuss a tense military standoff between Cambodia and Thailand this week as more troops amassed along the border, officials said.
Cambodian and Thai soldiers (black uniforms) are seen on a road close to the Preah Vihear temple in the Cambodian Preah Vihear province, July 18. The UN Security Council is expected to discuss a tense military standoff between Cambodia and Thailand this week as more troops amassed along the border, officials have said.

Khmer soldier in front hold B-40 and Thai soldier laugh behind

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