The first Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Defence Ministers Meeting Plus in Hanoi

(R-L) Australia's Defence Minister Stephen Smith, Brunei's Deputy Defence Minister Mustappa Sirat, Cambodia's Defence Minister Tea Banh, China's Defence Minister Liang Guanglie, Indian's Defence Minister Arackaparambil Kurian Antony, Indonesia's Defence Minister Purnomo Yugiantoro and Japan's Deputy Defence Minister Jun Azumi pose for a group photo prior to the opening of the first Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Defence Ministers Meeting Plus in Hanoi October 12, 2010. REUTERS/Hoang Dinh Nam/Pool

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates (front) walks past (L-R) India's Defence Minister Shri AK Antony, China's Defence Minister Liang Guanglie, Cambodia's Defence Minister Tea Banh and Brunei's Deputy Defence Minister Mustappa Sirat before the first Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Defence Ministers Meeting Plus at the National Convention Center in Hanoi October 12, 2010. REUTERS/Kham

Defense ministers pose for a photo before their meeting at the first South East Asian Defense Ministers Meeting Plus in Hanoi on Tuesday October 12, 2010. Eighteen defense ministers from Australia, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Zealand, the Philippines, Russia, South Korea, Singapore, Thailand, the U.S. and Vietnam are in Hanoi for their first meeting of only one-day meeting on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Kham, Pool)

(L-R) ASEAN's Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan, US Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Thailand's Defence Minister Prawit Wongsuwan, Singapore's Defence Minister Teo Chee Hean, Russia's Deputy Chief of Staff Valery Gerasimov and Philippines' Defence Secretary Voltaire Gazmin, New Zealand's Defence Minister Wayne Mapp, Lao's Defense Minister Doungchay Phichit, Malaysia's Defence Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamid, Vietnam's Defence Minister Phung Quang Thanh, Myanmar's ambassador to Vietnam Khin Maung Soe, South Korean Defence Minister Kim Tae-young, Japanese Deputy Defence Minister Jun Azumi, Indonesian Defence Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro, India's Defence Minister Arackaparambil Kurian Antony, China's Defence Minister Liang Guanglie, Cambodia's Defence Minister Tea Banh, Bruney's Deputy Defence Minister Mustappa Sirat and Australian Defence Minister Stephen Smith pose for a group photo prior to the opening of the first Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Defence Ministers Meeting Plus in Hanoi October 12, 2010. REUTERS/Hoang Dinh Nam/Pool