Myanmar's State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi and U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson attend a press conference at Naypyitaw, Myanmar November 15, 2015. REUTERS/Aye Win Myint 

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson talks to media during a press conference after he met with Myanmar's State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi at Naypyitaw, Myanmar November 15, 2015. REUTERS/Aye Win Myint 

Myanmar's State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi talks to media during a press conference after she met with U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson at Naypyitaw, Myanmar November 15, 2015. REUTERS/Aye Win Myint 

Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi talks to media during a press conference after she met with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson at Naypyitaw, Myanmar November 15, 2015. REUTERS/Aye Win Myint 

Aye Than Dar (R) holds the hand of her sister Hla Thidar Myint (L) at a park in Bangkok, Thailand, November 14, 2015. When Aye Than Dar and her little sister Hla Thidar Myint paid a broker in Myanmar's Mon state to smuggle them to Thailand for domestic work, it was the start of a decade-long ordeal that would see the pair separated and Hla held as a slave. Picture taken November 14, 2015. To match WOMEN-CONFERENCE/DOMESTIC WORKERS REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha 

Aye Than Dar (R) leans on her sister Hla Thidar Myint (L) at a park in Bangkok, Thailand, November 14, 2015. When Aye Than Dar and her little sister Hla Thidar Myint paid a broker in Myanmar's Mon state to smuggle them to Thailand for domestic work, it was the start of a decade-long ordeal that would see the pair separated and Hla held as a slave. Picture taken November 14, 2015. To match WOMEN-CONFERENCE/DOMESTIC WORKERS REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Aye Than Dar (R) touches the head of her sister Hla Thidar Myint (L) at a park in Bangkok, Thailand, November 14, 2015. When Aye Than Dar and her little sister Hla Thidar Myint paid a broker in Myanmar's Mon state to smuggle them to Thailand for domestic work, it was the start of a decade-long ordeal that would see the pair separated and Hla held as a slave. Picture taken November 14, 2015. To match WOMEN-CONFERENCE/DOMESTIC WORKERS REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha 

Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi attends Myanmar's top six-party talks at the Presidential palace in Naypyitaw April 10, 2015. The six-party talk is a meeting between Myanmar-pro democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar President Thein Sein, Military Commander-in-Chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, Khin Aung Myint, speaker of the Upper house of Parliament, Shwe Man, speaker of the Lower house of parliament and Aye Maung, a representative of the ethic groups. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

Aye Maung, a representative of Myanmar's ethnic groups, writes notes during Myanmar's top six-party talks at the Presidential palace in Naypyitaw April 10, 2015. The six-party talk is a meeting between Myanmar-pro democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar President Thein Sein, Military Commander-in-Chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, Khin Aung Myint, speaker of the Upper house of Parliament, Shwe Mann, speaker of the Lower house of parliament and Aye Maung, a representative of the ethic groups. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi arrives to attend Myanmar's top six-party talks at the Presidential palace in Naypyitaw April 10, 2015. The six-party talk is a meeting between Myanmar-pro democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar President Thein Sein, Military Commander-in-Chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, Khin Aung Myint, speaker of the Upper house of Parliament, Shwe Mann, speaker of the Lower house of parliament and Aye Maung, a representative of the ethic groups. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

Shwe Man, speaker of the Lower House of Parliament, talks during Myanmar's top six-party talks at Presidential palace in Naypyitaw April 10, 2015. The six-party talk is a meeting between Myanmar-pro democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar President Thein Sein, Military Commander-in-Chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, Khin Aung Myint, speaker of the Upper house of Parliament, Shwe Man, speaker of the Lower house of parliament and Aye Maung, a representative of the ethic groups. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

Shwe Man (C), speaker of Myanmar's Lower House of Parliament, Myanmar's military Commander-in-chief Senior General Ming Aung Hlaing (L) and Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi arrive for Myanmar's top six-party talks at the Presidential palace in Naypyitaw April 10, 2015. The six-party talk is a meeting between Myanmar-pro democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar President Thein Sein, Military Commander-in-Chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, Khin Aung Myint, speaker of the Upper house of Parliament, Shwe Man, speaker of the Lower house of parliament and Aye Maung, a representative of the ethic groups. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

Myanmar's President Thein Sein talks during Myanmar's top six-party talks in President palace at Naypyitaw April 10, 2015. The six-party talk is a meeting between Myanmar-pro democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar President Thein Sein, Military Commander-in-Chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, Khin Aung Myint, speaker of the Upper house of Parliament, Shwe Man, speaker of the Lower house of parliament and Aye Maung, a representative of the ethic groups. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

Khin Aung Myint, speaker of the Upper House of Parliament, arrives to attend Myanmar's top six-party talks at the Presidential palace in Naypyitaw April 10, 2015. The six-party talk is a meeting between Myanmar-pro democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar President Thein Sein, Military Commander-in-Chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, Khin Aung Myint, speaker of the Upper house of Parliament, Shwe Mann, speaker of the Lower house of parliament and Aye Maung, a representative of the ethic groups. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

Myanmar's military Commander-in-chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing arrives to attend Myanmar's top six-party talks at the Presidential palace at Naypyitaw April 10, 2015. The six-party talk is a meeting between Myanmar-pro democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar President Thein Sein, Military Commander-in-Chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, Khin Aung Myint, speaker of the Upper house of Parliament, Shwe Mann, speaker of the Lower house of parliament and Aye Maung, a representative of the ethic groups. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

Myanmar's military Commander-in-chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing arrives to attend Myanmar's top six-party talks at the Presidential palace at Naypyitaw April 10, 2015. The six-party talk is a meeting between Myanmar-pro democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar President Thein Sein, Military Commander-in-Chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, Khin Aung Myint, speaker of the Upper house of Parliament, Shwe Mann, speaker of the Lower house of parliament and Aye Maung, a representative of the ethic groups. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

Myanmar military Commander-in-chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing looks to Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi during Myanmar's top six-party talks at the Presidential palace at Naypyitaw April 10, 2015. The six-party talk is a meeting between Myanmar-pro democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar President Thein Sein, Military Commander-in-Chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, Khin Aung Myint, speaker of the Upper house of Parliament, Shwe Mann, speaker of the Lower house of parliament and Aye Maung, a representative of the ethic groups. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi talks during Myanmar's top six-party talks at the Presidential palace at Naypyitaw April 10, 2015. The six-party talk is a meeting between Myanmar-pro democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar President Thein Sein, Military Commender-in-Chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, Khin Aung Myint, speaker of the Upper house of Parliament, Shwe Mann, speaker of the Lower house of parliament and Aye Maung, a representative of the ethic groups. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi arrives to attend Myanmar's top six-party talks at the Presidential palace at Naypyitaw April 10, 2015. The six-party talk is a meeting between Myanmar-pro democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar President Thein Sein, Military Commender-in-Chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, Khin Aung Myint, speaker of the Upper house of Parliament, Shwe Mann, speaker of the Lower house of parliament and Aye Maung, a representative of the ethic groups. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

Cancer patient U Myint Khine, 51, passes time on his bed at the U Hla Tun Cancer Hospice on the outskirts of Yangon February 19, 2013. The U Hla Tun Hospice Foundation, founded in 1998, accepts terminally ill cancer patients discharged from government hospitals and provides them with relief from symptoms so the patient and family can preserve quality of life. The cost is high for government hospitals to treat serious diseases, and patients are discharged when treatment is finished, according to head nurse Daw Naw Lar Htoo Aye. Patients do not receive enough care due to overcrowding at hospital cancer wards. Everything, including daily meals, medicine, burial and funeral rites, is free at the hospice. Picture taken February 19, 2013. REUTERS/Minzayar (MYANMAR - Tags: HEALTH SOCIETY) 

The wife of 60-year-old cancer patient U Ohn Myint touches his arm at the U Hla Tun Cancer Hospice on the outskirts of Yangon February 21, 2013. The U Hla Tun Hospice Foundation, founded in 1998, accepts terminally ill cancer patients discharged from government hospitals and provides them with relief from symptoms so the patient and family can preserve quality of life. The cost is high for government hospitals to treat serious diseases, and patients are discharged when treatment is finished, according to head nurse Daw Naw Lar Htoo Aye. Patients do not receive enough care due to overcrowding at hospital cancer wards. Everything, including daily meals, medicine, burial and funeral rites, is free-of-charge at the hospice. Picture taken February 21, 2013. U Ohn Myint died two days after the picture was taken. REUTERS/Minzayar (MYANMAR - Tags: HEALTH SOCIETY) 

U Myint Khine, 51, suffering from cancer, prays at U Hla Tun Cancer Hospice, on the outskirts of Yangon February 21, 2013. The U Hla Tun Hospice Foundation, founded in 1998, accepts terminally ill cancer patients discharged from government hospitals and provides them with relief from symptoms so the patient and family can preserve quality of life. The cost is high for government hospitals to treat serious diseases, and patients are discharged when treatment is finished, according to head nurse Daw Naw Lar Htoo Aye. Patients do not receive enough care due to overcrowding at hospital cancer wards. Everything, including daily meals, medicine, burial and funeral rites, is free-of-charge at the hospice. Picture taken February 21, 2013. REUTERS/Minzayar (MYANMAR - Tags: HEALTH SOCIETY) 

The feet of U Ohn Myint, 60, who died of cancer, are tied with a piece of cloth as his body is placed inside the morgue in U Hla Tun Cancer Hospice on the outskirts of Yangon February 23, 2013. The U Hla Tun Hospice Foundation, founded in 1998, accepts terminally ill cancer patients discharged from government hospitals and provides them with relief from symptoms so the patient and family can preserve quality of life. The cost is high for government hospitals to treat serious diseases, and patients are discharged when treatment is finished, according to head nurse Daw Naw Lar Htoo Aye. Patients do not receive enough care due to overcrowding at hospital cancer wards. Everything, including daily meals, medicine, burial and funeral rites, is free-of-charge at the hospice. Picture taken February 23, 2013. REUTERS/Minzayar (MYANMAR - Tags: HEALTH SOCIETY) 

Lae Lae Win, wife of a veteran democrat and political prisoner Myint Aye, sits below portraits of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi in her home in Yangon May 25, 2012. A mass amnesty in January saw the release of Myanmar's most famous political prisoners, but about 400 more remain in jails across the country. Picture taken May 25, 2012. To match Special Report MYANMAR-PRISONERS/ REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (MYANMAR - Tags: POLITICS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

Lae Lae Win, wife of a veteran democrat and political prisoner Myint Aye, stands in front of pictures of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi at her home in Yangon May 25, 2012. A mass amnesty in January saw the release of Myanmar's most famous political prisoners, but about 400 more remain in jails across the country. Picture taken My 25, 2012. To match Special Report MYANMAR-PRISONERS/ REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (MYANMAR - Tags: POLITICS) 

Myo Min (R), a 36-year-old electrical repairman, and Lae Lae Win, wife of a veteran democrat and political prisoner Myint Aye stand in front of pictures of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Yangon May 25, 2012. A mass amnesty in January saw the release of Myanmar's most famous political prisoners, but about 400 more remain in jails across the country. Picture taken May 25, 2012. To match Special Report MYANMAR-PRISONERS/ REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (MYANMAR - Tags: POLITICS) 

Lae Lae Win, wife of a veteran democrat and political prisoner Myint Aye, holds his picture at their home in Yangon June 2, 2012. A mass amnesty in January saw the release of Myanmar's most famous political prisoners, but about 400 more remain in jails across the country. Picture taken June 2, 2012. To match Special Report MYANMAR-PRISONERS/ REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun (MYANMAR - Tags: POLITICS) 

Lawyer Aye Myint, a former member of the National League for Democracy (NLD), attends the opening ceremony of the National Democratic Force (NDF) party's division office in Yangon September 27, 2010. The NDF, a spin-off from Aung San Suu Kyi's now-defunct NLD, is taking part in this year's polls on November 7. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun (MYANMAR - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS) 

Myanmar's Deputy Defence Minister Aye Myint (R), Pakistan?s Defence Secretary Syed Athar Ali (C) and IISS Director-General and Chief Executive John Chipman sit during the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Shangri-La Dialogue security conference in Singapore May 31, 2009. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash (SINGAPORE MILITARY POLITICS) 

Myanmar's Deputy Defence Minister Aye Myint speaks during the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Shangri-La Dialogue security conference in Singapore May 31, 2009. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash (SINGAPORE MILITARY POLITICS HEADSHOT) 

Myanmar's Deputy Defence Minister Aye Myint adjusts his tie before the keynote address of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Shangri-La Dialogue security conference in Singapore May 29, 2009. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash (SINGAPORE MILITARY POLITICS) 

Senior leaders of the National League for Democracy (NLD) party and of other political parties attend a ceremony to mark the 20th anniversary of the founding of the party at the party headquarters in Yangon September 27, 2008.
(front L-R): U Soe Myint, U Than Tun, U Aung Shwe, U Win Tin, U Khin Maung Swe and U Hla Pe and (back L-R) Pu Chin Sian Thang, U Than Pe, U Aye Tha Aung, Than Nyein and Naing Ngwe Thein. Win Tin, a 79-year-old journalist who was Myanmar's longest-serving political prisoner, was freed this week after 19 years in prison. REUTERS/Aung Hla Tun (MYANMAR) 

Myanmar's Deputy Defence Minister Aye Myint (R) sits next to Malaysia's Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Najib Razak during a plenary session at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Shangri-La Dialogue security conference in Singapore June 1, 2008. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash (SINGAPORE) 

Myanmar's Deputy Defence Minister Aye Myint waits to speak during a plenary session at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Shangri-La Dialogue security conference in Singapore June 1, 2008. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash (SINGAPORE) 

Myanmar's Deputy Defence Minister Aye Myint speaks during a plenary session at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Shangri-La Dialogue security conference in Singapore June 1, 2008. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash (SINGAPORE) 

Myanmar's Deputy Defence Minister Aye Myint speaks during a plenary session at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Shangri-La Dialogue security conference in Singapore June 1, 2008. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash (SINGAPORE) 

Myanmar's Deputy Defence Minister Aye Myint speaks during a plenary session at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Shangri-La Dialogue security conference in Singapore June 1, 2008. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash (SINGAPORE) 

Myanmar's Deputy Defence Minister Aye Myint speaks before the keynote address and opening dinner of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Shangri-La Dialogue security conference in Singapore May 30, 2008. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash (SINGAPORE) 

Myanmar's Deupty Defence Minister Aye Myint smiles before the keynote address and opening dinner of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Shangri-La Dialogue security conference in Singapore May 30, 2008. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash (SINGAPORE) 

Senior leaders of Myanmar's ruling regime led by General Thura Shwe Mann (L) attend a ceremony during the Armed Forces Day ceremony in Nay Pyi Taw March 27, 2008. (L to R) General Thura Shwe Mann, Prime Minister General Thein Sein, Secretary-1 Lt.-Gen.Thiha Thura Tin Aung Myint Oo, Lt-Gen Maung Bo, Lt.-Gen. Aung Htwe, Lt.-Gen. Tin Aye, Lt.-Gen. Soe Thein, Lt.-Gen. Myat Hein. REUTERS/Aung Hla Tun (MYANMAR) 

Vietnam's Hang Truong Thanh (R) leads Myanmar's Aye Myint Myint (581) during the Women's 800m final at the SEA Games in Nakhon Ratchasima December 8, 2007. REUTERS/Zainal Abd Halim (THAILAND) 

Myanmar's Deputy Defence Minister Aye Myint answers a reporter's question during a news conference at the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) Defence Ministers' meeting in Singapore November 14, 2007. REUTERS/Tim Chong (SINGAPORE) 

Singapore's Defence Minister Teo Chee Hean (7th L) holds the joint declaration with ASEAN Secretary General Ong Keng Yong (5th R) after its signing during the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) Defence Ministers' meeting in Singapore November 14, 2007. The ministers are (L-R, excluding those alreayd named) Singapore's Second Minister of Defence Ng Eng Hen, Indonesia's Defence Minister Juwono Sudarsono, Laos' Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Douangchay Phichit, Malaysia's Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Najib Abdul Razak, Myanmar's Deputy Defence Minister Aye Myint, Phillippines' Defence Minister Gilberto Teodoro, Thailand's Defence Minister Boonrod Somtat, Vietnam's Defence Minister Phung Quang Thanh, Brunei's Deputy Defence Minister Yasmin Umar and Cambodia's Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Tea Banh. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash (SINGAPORE) 

Malaysia's Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Najib Abdul Razak and Myanmar's Deputy Defence Minister Aye Myint (R) listen to a question from the media during a news conference at the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) Defence Ministers' meeting in Singapore November 14, 2007. The meeting is being held ahead of the 13th ASEAN summit, which runs from November 18-22 in Singapore. REUTERS/Tim Chong (SINGAPORE) 

Members of the media take photos as ASEAN Defence Ministers lock arms after signing the joint declaration during the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) Defence Ministers' meeting in Singapore November 14, 2007. The ministers are (L-R) Singapore's Second Minister of Defence Ng Eng Hen, Indonesia's Defence Minister Juwono Sudarsono, Laos' Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Douangchay Phichit, Malaysia's Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Najib Abdul Razak, Myanmar's Deputy Defence Minister Aye Myint, Phillippines' Defence Minister Gilberto Teodoro, Singapore's Defence Minister Teo Chee Hean, Thailand's Defence Minister Boonrod Somtat, Vietnam's Defence Minister Phung Quang Thanh, Brunei's Deputy Defence Minister Yasmin Umar, Cambodia's Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Tea Banh , and ASEAN Secretary General Ong Keng Yong. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash (SINGAPORE) 

Singapore's Defence Minister Teo Chee Hean (centre L) passes the signed joint declaration to the Association of South East Asian Nations' (ASEAN) Secretary-General Ong Keng Yong (centre R) during the ASEAN Defence Ministers' meeting in Singapore November 14, 2007 as other defence ministers watch. The defence ministers are (2nd L-R) Singapore's Second Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen, Indonesia's Defence Minister Juwono Sudarsono, Laos' Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Douangchay Phichit, Malaysia's Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Najib Abdul Razak, Myanmar's Deputy Defence Minister Aye Myint, Phillippines' Defence Minister Gilberto Teodoro, Singapore's Defence Minister Teo Chee Hean, ASEAN's Secretary-General Ong Keng Yong, Thailand's Defence Minister Boonrod Somtat, Vietnam's Defence Minister Phung Quang Thanh, Brunei's Deputy Defence Minister Yasmin Umar, and Cambodia's Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Tea Banh. REUTERS/Tim Chong (SINGAPORE) 

Defence ministers attend a news conference at the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) Defence Ministers' meeting in Singapore November 14, 2007. The ministers are (L-R) Indonesia's Defence Minister Juwono Sudarsono, Laos' Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Douangchay Phichit, Malaysia's Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Najib Abdul Razak, Myanmar's Deputy Defence Minister Aye Myint, Philippines' Defence Minister Gilberto Teodoro, Singapore's Defence Minister Teo Chee Hean, Thailand's Defence Minister Boonrod Somtat, Vietnam's Defence Minister Phung Quang Thanh, Brunei's Deputy Defence Minister Yasmin Umar, Cambodia's Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Tea Banh and ASEAN's Secretary-General Ong Keng Yong. REUTERS/Tim Chong (SINGAPORE) 

Myanmar's Deputy Defence Minister Aye Myint listens to a question from the media during a news conference at the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) Defence Ministers' meeting in Singapore November 14, 2007. The meeting is being held ahead of the 13th ASEAN summit, which runs from November 18-22 in Singapore. REUTERS/Tim Chong (SINGAPORE) 

Myanmar's Deputy Defence Minister Aye Myint listens to a journalist's question after the signing of the joint declaration during the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) Defence Ministers' meeting in Singapore November 14, 2007. The meeting is being held ahead of the 13th ASEAN summit, which runs from November 18-22 in Singapore. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash (SINGAPORE) 

Myanmar's Deputy Defence Minister Aye Myint (L) sits with an aide at the opening address during the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) Defence Ministers' meeting in Singapore November 14, 2007. The meeting is being held ahead of the 13th ASEAN summit, which runs from November 18-22 in Singapore. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash (SINGAPORE) 

Myanmar's Deputy Defence Minister Aye Myint attends the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) Defence Ministers' meeting in Singapore November 14, 2007. The meeting is being held ahead of the 13th ASEAN summit, which runs from November 18-22 in Singapore. REUTERS/Tim Chong (SINGAPORE) 

Myanmar's Deputy Defence Minister Aye Myint listens to the opening address during the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) Defence Ministers' meeting in Singapore November 14, 2007. The meeting is being held ahead of the 13th ASEAN summit, which runs from November 18-22 in Singapore. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash (SINGAPORE) 

Malaysia's Defence Minister Najib Abdul Razak (L) and Myanmar's Deputy Defence Minister Aye Myint smile during the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) Defence Ministers' meeting in Singapore November 14, 2007. The meeting is being held ahead of the 13th ASEAN summit, which runs from November 18-22 in Singapore. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash (SINGAPORE) 

Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (from L-R) , Malaysia's Defence Minister Najib Abdul Razak and Myanmar's Deputy Defence Minister Aye Myint smile during the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) Defence Ministers' meeting in Singapore November 14, 2007. The meeting is being held ahead of the 13th ASEAN summit, which runs from November 18-22 in Singapore. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash (SINGAPORE) 

Defence Ministers of ASEAN nations pose for a group photo during the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) Defence Ministers' meeting in Singapore November 14, 2007. The ministers are (L-R) Brunei's Yasmin Umar, Cambodia's Deputy Prime Minister and Tea Banh, Indonesia's Juwono Sudarsono, Laos' Douangchay Phichit, Singapore's Second Minister for Defence Ng Eng Hen, Singapore's Teo Chee Hean, Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Malaysia's Najib Abdul Razak, Myanmar's Aye Myint, Phillippines' Gilberto Teodoro, Thailand's Boonrod Somtat, Vietnam's Phung Quang Thanh and ASEAN Secretary General Ong Keng Yong. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash (SINGAPORE) 

Myanmar's Myint Myint Aye (C) takes the hand-off from team mate Yin Yin Khine during the women's 4 x 400 metre relay final at the 23rd Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Manila on November 30, 2005. Myanmar took the gold in the event. REUTERS/Adrees Latif