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From L-R: Australia's Defence Minister Marise Payne, Brunei's Minister of Energy at the Prime Ministers' Office, Mohammad Yasmin Umar, Cambodia's Defence Minister Tea Banh, China's Defence Minister Chang Wanqua, India's Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar, Indonesia's Defence Minister Ryamizard Ryacudu, Japan's Defence Minister Gen Nakatani, Myanmar's Defence Minister Sein Win, Laos' Defence Minister Sengnouane Sayalat, Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak, Malaysia's Defence Minister Hishammuddin Hussein, New Zealand's Minister of Defence Gerry Brownlee, Philippines's Defence Minister Voltair T. Gazmin, South Korean's Defense Minister Han Min Koo, Russia's Deputy Minister of Defence Anatoly Antonov, Singapore's Minister for Defence Ng Eng Hen, Thailand's Minister for Defence Prawit Wongsuwon, U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter, Vietnam's Deputy Defence Minister Nguyen Van Hien and Deputy Asean's Secretary-General Hirubalan Veluppila Ponnudurai pose for pictures during the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Defence Ministers-PLUS meeting in Subang, on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur on November 4, 2015. Malaysia is hosting the ASEAN Defence Ministers meeting and retreat from November 2 to 5. AFP PHOTO / MOHD RASFAN (Photo credit should read MOHD RASFAN/AFP via Getty Images)