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15th ASEAN Summit opens
(Agencies/Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-10-23 17:28

15th ASEAN Summit opens

Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva (L) hands to Thai representative Dr. Sriprapha Petcharamesree (R) a copy of the "Cha-Am Hua Hin Declaration on the Inauguration of the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights" as ASEAN leaders, including Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (L), Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung (C), and Myanmar's Prime Minister Thein Sein (R) applaud during the 15th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit, in the seaside town of Hua Hin, some 190 km (118 miles) south of Bangkok, October 23, 2009. South East Asian leaders are meeting in Thailand to work toward creating a political and economic union for the region by 2015. [Agencies]

15th ASEAN Summit opens