Deputy Prime Minister Lengsavat Somsavat of Laos

While Somsavat said twice that the issue had not been on the agenda here, Syed Hamid said it was discussed during the coffee break for 45 minutes, when countries expressed concerns about Myanmar’s failure to implement a roadmap to democracy.

Foreign Minister Somsavat said that in an "unprecedented move" the LPRP had also voted to replace one third of the 55 executive committee members, declaring that "we have injected new blood.