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KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA - NOVEMBER 04: From left to right, Australia's Defense Minister Marise Payne, Brunei's Defense Minister Mohammad Yasmin Umar, Cambodia's Defense Minister Gen. Tea Banh, China's Defense Minister Chang Wanquan, India's Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar, Indonesia's Defense Minister Ryamizard Ryacudu, Japan's Defense Minister Gen Nakatani, Myanmar's Defense Minister Sein Win, Laos' Defense Minister Sengnouane Sayalat, Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak, Malaysia's Defense Minister Hishamuddin Hussein, New Zealand's Defense Minister Gerry Brownlee, Philippines' Secretary of Defense Voltaire Gazmin, South Korea's Defense Minister Han Min Koo, Russia's Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov, Singapore's Defense Minister Ng Eng Hen, Thailand's Defense Minister Gen. Prawit Wongsuwon, U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter and Vietnam's Deputy Defense Minister Nguyen Van Hein joint hands as they pose for photographers after during the ASEAN defence ministers meeting plus 2015 on November 4, 2015 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Asean face pressure to back China on the South China Sea issue, while the US and Japan are pushing to get concerns about the dispute included in a statement to be issued after regional defence talks. (Photo by Mohd Samsul Mohd Said/Getty Images)

KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA - NOVEMBER 04:  From left to right, Australia's Defense Minister Marise Payne, Brunei's Defense Minister Mohammad Yasmin Umar, Cambodia's Defense Minister Gen. Tea Banh, China's Defense Minister Chang Wanquan, India's Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar, Indonesia's Defense Minister Ryamizard Ryacudu, Japan's Defense Minister Gen Nakatani, Myanmar's Defense Minister Sein Win, Laos' Defense Minister Sengnouane Sayalat, Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak, Malaysia's Defense Minister Hishamuddin Hussein, New Zealand's Defense Minister Gerry Brownlee, Philippines' Secretary of Defense Voltaire Gazmin, South Korea's Defense Minister Han Min Koo, Russia's Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov, Singapore's Defense Minister Ng Eng Hen, Thailand's Defense Minister Gen. Prawit Wongsuwon, U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter and Vietnam's Deputy Defense Minister Nguyen Van Hein joint hands as they pose for photographers after during the ASEAN defence ministers meeting plus 2015 on November 4, 2015 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Asean face pressure to back China on the South China Sea issue, while the US and Japan are pushing to get concerns about the dispute included in a statement to be issued after regional defence talks.  (Photo by Mohd Samsul Mohd Said/Getty Images)