Nay Pyi Taw – Prime Minister of the Union of Myanmar General Thein Sein attended the 1st ASEANUS Leaders Meeting at the Shangri-La Hotel in Singapore, the Republic of Singapore at 3.20 pm yesterday.

Also present at the meeting were King of Brunei Darussalam Sultan Haji Hassanul Bolkiah Muizzaddin Waddaulah, Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Hun Sen, Indonesian President Dr H Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Laotian Prime Minister Mr Bouasone Bouphavanh, Malaysian Prime Minister Dato Sri Mohd Najib Bin Tun Hj Abd Razak, Philippine President Madame Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Singaporean Prime Minister Mr Lee Hsien Loong, Thai Prime Minister Mr Abhisit Vejjajiva, Vietnamese Prime Minister Mr Nguyen Tan Dung, US President Barak Obama, and ASEAN Secretary-General Dr Surin Pitsuwan.

On arrival at the hotel at 3 pm, the Heads of State/ Government from ASEAN countries, the US president, and the US Secretary of State were welcomed by the Singaporean Prime Minister.

Before the meeting, they posed for a group photo.

At the meeting, Singaporean Prime Minister Mr Lee Hsien Loong extended greetings. Alternate Chairman of ASEAN Thai Prime Minister Mr Abhisit Vejjajiva delivered an introductory speech.

ASEAN-US Dialogue Coordinator Philippine President Madame Gloria Macapagal Arroyo delivered a speech. The Heads of State/Government from ASEAN countries, the US president, and the US Secretary of State held talks about matters on ASEAN-US mutual interest.
The meeting ended at 5.30 pm.

After the meeting, Prime Minister General Thein Sein and party left the Shangri-La Hotel and arrived back at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel. – MNA