MYANMAR-ASEAN-DIPLOMACY

James Giggacher - 22 May, 2014

(From L to R) Thai deputy Prime Minister Phongthepth Epkanjana, Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah, Myanmar President Thein Sein, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen stand on stage for a photograph at the start of the 24th ASEAN summit at the Myanmar International Convention Center in Naypyidaw on May 11, 2014. Southeast Asian leaders met for a historic summit in former pariah Myanmar overshadowed by soaring tensions in the South China Sea and growing fears over Beijing’s territorial assertions. AFP PHOTO/Christophe ARCHAMBAULT

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James Giggacher
James Giggacher was editor of New Mandala from 2015 to 2017.
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