Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd R) delivers the opening speech at the Japan-Mekong Summit Meeting, a part of Japan-ASEAN Commemorative Summit as (L-R) Thai Deputy Prime Minister Niwattumrong Boonsongpaisan, Myanmar’s President Thein Sein, Laos’s Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong, Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Hun Sen and Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung listen at Akasaka State Guesthouse in Tokyo on December 14, 2013 (AFP PHOTO / POOL / KIMIMASA MAYAMA)