RUSSIAN PRESIDENT PUTIN VISITS MALAYSIA
From left to right are: Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Laotian Prime Minister Boungnang Vorachith, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Malaysian Prime Minister Adbullah Ahmad Badawi, Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Myanmar Prime Minister Lt.-Gen.Soe Win, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Thailand Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and Vietnam Prime Minister Phan Van Khai pose for the group photo before the start of ASEAN + Russia summit at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Center in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, December 13, 2005. (UPI Photo)
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