KUALA LUMPUR -- As leaders from Southeast Asia, the Gulf and China gathered in Kuala Lumpur for their first trilateral summit this week, Malaysia seized the moment to showcase ASEAN's growing diplomatic reach.
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Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim gestures during a news conference after the inaugural ASEAN-Gulf Cooperation Council-China summit in Kuala Lumpur this week. (Photo by Norman Goh)
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