Saturday, November 7, 2009

Photos of The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Senior Officials

ASEAN Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan (pictured in May) has urged Thailand and Cambodia to show "maximum restraint" amid tensions over Phnom Penh's job offer to a fugitive former Thai premier. (AFP/Pool/File/Jung Yeon-Je)

Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) participants, Permanent Secretary Osman Patra of Brunei (L-R), SOM Leader Soeung Ratchavy of Cambodia, Secretary General Imron Cotan of Indonesia, Assistant Minister Alounkeo Kttikhoun of Laos, Secretary General Tan Sri Rastam Mohd, Isa of Malaysia, Undersecretary Enrique Manalo of the Philippines, Ambassador to ASEAN Scot Alan Marciel of the U.S., Director General Min Lwin of Myanmar, Deputy Director General Desmond Ng Wee Kwang of Singapore, Director-General Vitavas Srivihok of Thailand, Deputy Director-General Tan Duc Binh of Vietnam and Head of External Relations Keo Chhea of the ASEAN Secretariat, join hands for a photo session during the Special ASEAN-U.S. SOM, to prepare the agenda for the ASEAN leaders summit on November 15, inside a hotel in Makati's financial district of Manila November 7, 2009. REUTERS/John Javellana (PHILIPPINES POLITICS)

ASEAN senior officials link arms the ASEAN way during a break in the Special ASEAN-U.S. Senior Officials Meeting Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009 at Manila's financial district of Makati city in the Philippines. The senior officials are meeting in Manila to prepare the agenda for the Nov. 15 summit of ASEAN leaders and President Barack Obama in the sidelines of the APEC Summit in Singapore. They are, rom left, Permanent Secretary Osman Patra of Brunei, Deputy Secretary General Soeung Rathchavy of Cambodia, Secretary General Imron Cotan of Indonesia, Assistant Minister Alounkeo Kittikhoun of Laos, Secretary General Tan Sri Rastam Mohd Isa of Malaysia, Undersecretary Enrique Manalo of the Philippines, Ambassador to ASEAN Scot Alan Marciel of the United States, Director General Min Lwin of Myanmar, Deputy Director General Desmond Ng Wee Kwang of Singapore, Director General Vitavas Srivihok of Thailand, Deputy Director General Tran Duc Binh of Vietnam and ASEAN Secretariat External Relations Head Keo Chea. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

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