BANGKOK, 6 September 2016 (NNT) – The Prime Minister has joined other ASEAN leaders in traveling to Vientiane of Lao PDR to take part in ASEAN Leader Summits.

Among ASEAN leaders such as President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines and President Joko Widodo of Indonesia, US President Barack Obama has also made his way to Vientiane to join in the high level meetings. Prime Minister Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha previously joined the US leader in Hangzhou of China for the Group of 20 (G20) summit.

The PM was received by Lao PDR’s Minister of Energy and Minerals as well as a delegation ASEAN youths and business representatives.

The 28th and 29th ASEAN Leader Summits will run from today to September 8 with leaders from 18 countries in attendance, including the heads of China, Japan, South Korea, Russia, India and Australia. The talks are to focus on several major issues, such as international security, human rights, and tensions in the South China Sea.