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Exterior of Don Chan Palace hotel in Vientiane, the venue for opening session of the ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations) Foreign Ministers' Conference2. Various of people in traditional Loa clothing arriving and being...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003e1. Exterior of Don Chan Palace hotel in Vientiane, the venue for opening session of the ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations) Foreign Ministers' Conference\u003cbr/\u003e2. Various of people in traditional Loa clothing arriving and being greeted\u003cbr/\u003e3. Procession of ministers into main hall for opening ceremony\u003cbr/\u003e4. Wide shot of hall\u003cbr/\u003e5. Malaysian Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar and Myanmar Foreign Minister, Nyan Win\u003cbr/\u003e6. Nyan Win, Myanmar Foreign Minister \u003cbr/\u003e7. Wide shot of Lao Foreign Minister Somsavat Lengsavad making opening address\u003cbr/\u003e8. Cutaway of audience\u003cbr/\u003e9. Wide shot group photo\u003cbr/\u003e10. Wide shot pan along row of foreign ministers\u003cbr/\u003e11. Wide shot of ministers sitting down at start of meeting\u003cbr/\u003e12. Nyan Win, Myanmar Foreign Minister \u003cbr/\u003e13. Two shot Malaysian Foreign Minister, Syed Hamid Albar and Myanmar Foreign Minister, Nyan Win\u003cbr/\u003e14. Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda and ASEAN Secretary General Ong Keng Yong\u003cbr/\u003e15. Officials at meeting\u003cbr/\u003e16. Wideshot of press conference \u003cbr/\u003e17. SOUNDBITE: (English) Somsavat Lengsavad, Laotian Foreign Minister\u003cbr/\u003e\"The government of Myanmar have decided that it would want to focus its concerns on the ongoing national reconciliation and democratization process. Our colleague from Myanmar has explained to us that 2006 will be a critical year for reconciliation and the democratisation process and that the government of Myanmar wants to give this full attention to the process.\"\u003cbr/\u003e18. Cutaway\u003cbr/\u003e19. SOUNDBITE: (English) Somsavat Lengsavad, Laotian Foreign Minister\u003cbr/\u003e\"We agree that once Myanmar is ready to take its turn as the ASEAN chair it can do so.\"\u003cbr/\u003e20. Cameraman\u003cbr/\u003e21. SOUNDBITE: (English) Nyan Win, Myanmar Foreign Minister\u003cbr/\u003e\"We will resume the next session and the coming session open season, so we will focus on the draft constitution. So after that we will have to draft the initial constitution and then we have to make a referendum and after that we will make a free and fair election and we have to change our democratisation process.\" \u003cbr/\u003e22. Cutaway\u003cbr/\u003e23. SOUNDBITE: (English) Kantathi Supamongkhon, Thai Foreign Minister\u003cbr/\u003e\"After the whole process is finished then they can come and take their turn next time around, next time around, they don't have to wait ten years they just have to come on and get in front of the line. So for example the Philippines will take overand then after the Philippines hopefully if they are ready they can come back.\"\u003cbr/\u003e24. SOUNDBITE: (English) Syed Hamid Albar, Foreign Minister of Malaysia \u003cbr/\u003e(Q: Was there any pressure brought by ASEAN?) \u003cbr/\u003e\"The decision wasn't difficult because Myanmar - we did not discuss - Myanmar straight away informed us bearing in mind the interests of ASEAN, the spirit of ASEAN, they feel that they wanted to forego because it is better to pay more attention to their reconciliation which they feel is some very good progress.\"\u003cbr/\u003eYangon, Myanmar\u003cbr/\u003e25. Aung San Suu Kyi addressing crowds\u003cbr/\u003eMilitary-ruled Myanmar agreed Tuesday to relinquish its scheduled chairmanship of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations next year, saving the bloc from an embarrassing standoff with the West, diplomats said.\u003cbr/\u003eAn ASEAN statement said Myanmar Foreign Minister Nyan Win told his colleagues that his government \"decided to relinquish its turn to be the chair of ASEAN in 2006 because it would want to focus its attention on the ongoing national reconciliation and democratization process.\"\u003cbr/\u003eThe US and European Union had demanded that Myanmar either move toward democracy and release pro-democracy campaigner Aung San Suu Kyi or forfeit its turn at the rotating chairmanship of ASEAN in late 2006.\u003cbr/\u003eFailure to do so would have resulted in an estrangement between the West and ASEAN, impacting trade ties, something that the Asian countries can ill afford.\u003cbr/\u003eThe ASEAN chairmanship will instead go to next-in-line Philippines.\u003cbr/\u003eThe military junta in Myanmar seized power in 1988. \u003cbr/\u003eIt called elections in 1990 but refused to hand over office when Suu Kyi's party won overwhelmingly.\u003cbr/\u003eIt also has attracted international criticism for jailing hundreds of political detainees and other alleged human rights abuses.\u003cbr/\u003eThe issue came to a head in Laos this week during the group's annual ministerial meeting that runs through Friday, followed by the ASEAN Regional Forum - a security dialogue with 14 other governments with interests in the region, such as the U.S., EU, Russia and China.\u003cbr/\u003eAmong other issues the grouping will discuss will be their joint response to emergencies. \u003cbr/\u003eThe ASEAN ministers were expected to sign a pact on Tuesday calling for the members to improve emergency relief preparedness and expedite customs procedures to ensure fast responses during disasters. \u003cbr/\u003eThailand and Indonesia were hit very hard by the December 26 tsunami, last year.\u003cbr/\u003eLater this week, the ministers will welcome their dialogue partners in an annual meeting that focuses on security issues in the region, known as the ASEAN Regional Forum.  \u003cbr/\u003eCounter-terrorism measures will be at the fore. \u003cbr/\u003eA highlight will be Australia's signing of a declaration of intent to join a non-aggression pact with ASEAN, bringing Canberra closer to a region where it has engendered suspicion by declaring it would pre-emptively strike against terrorists on foreign soil. \u003cbr/\u003eUS Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice skipped this week's meeting, sending a deputy instead, in what diplomats in the region suspected could be a precursor to a full boycott.\u003cbr/\u003eASEAN comprises Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. \u003cbr/\u003eThe ASEAN nations are joined for this week's security forum by Australia, 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