Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and U.S. President Barack Obama (R) stand with Chinese President Xi Jinping (2nd L) and other leaders during the APEC Summit family photo in Beijing November 10, 2014. Front row: (from L-R) Putin, Xi and his wife Peng Liyuan, Indonesian President Joko Widodo and his wife Iriana, and Obama. Back row: (from L-R) Australia's Prime Minister Tony Abbott, Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak and his wife Rosmah Mansor, Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister Peter O'Neill and his wife Lynda, Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and his wife Ho Ching. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS) 

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders and their spouses pose for a group photo at the APEC Summit Official Dinner in Nusa Dua on the Indonesian resort island of Bali October 7, 2013. Pictured (L-R, front row) China's First Lady Peng Liyuan, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, First Lady Ani Yudhoyono, Russia's President Vladimir Putin, Vietnam's President Truong Tan Sang, and (L-R, back row) South Korean President Park Geun-Hye, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak and wife Rosmah Mansor, Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto and his wife Angelica Rivera, New Zealand Prime Minister John Key and Peru's President Ollanta Humala. REUTERS/Mast Irham/Pool (INDONESIA - Tags: POLITICS) 

APEC Leaders pose for a family photograph after their dinner at the APEC Summit in Singapore November 14, 2009. Pictured (L-R) are: Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, U.S. President Barack Obama, Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, China's President Hu Jintao, New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key and Mexico's President Felipe Calderon. REUTERS/Jason Reed (SINGAPORE POLITICS) 

Peruvian President Alan Garcia (C, arm raised) talks to fellow leaders at the end of the group photo at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Lima, November 23, 2008. REUTERS/Mariana Bazo (PERU) 

U.S. President George W. Bush (R) waves as he joins other APEC leaders in wearing Australian outback stockman's rain coats during their official group photo on the steps of the Sydney Opera House, September 8, 2007. Other APEC leaders pictured are (front row, L-R) Philippines President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Thailand's Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont, (back row, L-R) Taiwan representative Stan Shih and Vietnam's President Nguyen Minh Triet. REUTERS/Jason Reed (AUSTRALIA) 

Leaders prepare for a family photo at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Hanoi November 19, 2006. (Front row L-R) China's President Hu Jintao, Chile's President Michelle Bachelet, Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah. (Back row L-R) U.S. President George W. Bush, Russia's President Vladimir Putin, Thailand's Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont, Taiwan's representative Morris Chang and Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. REUTERS/Hoang Dinh Nam/Pool (VIETNAM) 

Leaders of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit pose for photographs in traditional Korean clothes, known as the "Hanbok", in Pusan, South Korea November 19, 2005. [Pacific Rim leaders agreed on Saturday to strengthen cooperation to fight bird flu, including staging a "desk-top" simulation drill in early 2006 to test responses in the event of a pandemic.] The leaders pictured are (back row L-R): Mexico's President Vicente Fox, New Zealand's Prime Minister Helen Clark, Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister Michael Somare, Peru's President Alejandro Toledo, Canada's Prime Minister Paul Martin, U.S. President George W. Bush, Thailand's Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, Taiwan's Acting Prime Minister Lin Hsin-i, Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Russia's President Vladimir Putin. (Front row L-R): Australia's Prime Minister John Howard, Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, China's President Hu Jintao, Vietnam's President Tran Duc Luong, South Korea's President Roh Moo-hyun, Chile's President Ricardo Lagos Escobar, Malaysia's Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Japan's Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang. REUTERS/Japan Pool- Kenji Konoha 

-GROUP PHOTO- Leaders of the 21 member countries of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) pose for a group photo wearing traditional Chilean ponchos inside La Moneda Palace, before attending the final session of the annual meeting, in Santiago, November 21, 2004. 

President George W. Bush (C, second row) poses for a group photo before the second day of APEC meeting at the Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall in Bangkok October 21, 2003. Other leaders are: (L-R, second row) Chinese President Hu Jintao, then Australian Prime Minister John Howard, President Bush, then Mexican President Vicente Fox, then Singapore Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong; (L-R, front row) Then South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun, then Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, then Thailand Prime Minister and host Thaksin Shinawatra and then Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri. REUTERS/Andrew Wong 

Pacific Rim leaders pose for a group photograph during the Asia Pacific
Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in Los Cabos, Mexico, October 27,
2002. Front Row (L-R):Australian Prime Minister John Howard, Canadian
President Jean Chretien, Hong Kong Chief Executive Tung Chee Hwa,
Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, Chinese President Jiang
Zemin, Mexican President and host leader Vicente Fox, Thailand Prime
Minister Dr. Thaksin Shinawatra, Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo,
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kasynov, Taiwan envoy Lee Yuan Tseh and
Vietnamese Prime Minister Phan Van Khai. 

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders, all wearing
traditional Chinese silk coats, wave during a group photo session
following an informal gathering at the Science and Technology Museum in
Shanghai October 21, 2001. APEC leaders are: (L-R) Australian Prime
Minister John Howard, Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien, Chilean
President Ricardo Lagos Escobar, Hong Kong Chief Executive Tung
Chee-hwa, Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri, Japanese Prime
Minister Junichiro Koizumi, South Korean President Kim Dae-jung,
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, New Zealand Prime Minister
Helen Clark, Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Chinese President Jiang
Zemin, Mexican President Vicente Fox, Papua New Guinea Prime Minister
Mekere Morauta, Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo, Philippine
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, 

United States President Bill Clinton, flanked by Thailand Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai (L) and Vietnam Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Manh Cam, applauds the reading of the final declaration after their last session of the Pacific Rim leaders meeting in Bandar Seri Begawan November 16, 2000. The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation group leaders gave a significant boost to the cause of global trade liberalization, calling for a new round of trade talks under the World Trade Organization in 2001.

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APEC leaders (L to R) South Korea's President Kim Young-sam, Philippines President Fidel Ramos, Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien, Malaysia's Prime Minister Maharthir Mohamad and Mexico's President Ernesto Zedillo lock arms during a light moment while posing for a group photo at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver on November 25. 

FILE PHOTO 18NOV98 - FOR RELEASE WITH BC-ECONOMY-APEC-SMOCKS - Australia's Prime Minister John Howard (L) and Sultan Bokliah of Brunei look on while Chile's President Eduardo Frei (C) smiles as China's President Jiang Zemin (2nd R) adjusts his collar next to Hong Kong's Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa in this file photograph at the APEC summit in Cyberjaya, Malaysia on November 18,1998. Once a year, the Asia Pacific's most powerful men, and the occasional woman, lineup in ethnic costumes, link arms or do a Mexican wave for the world's media.

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