RARE US VISIT US Secretary of State John Kerry (L) shakes hands with Lao Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong after their meeting at the Prime Minister’s Office in Vientiane on January 25. US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in communist-controlled Laos late on January 24 in a rare high-level visit by an American diplomat to Washington’s former wartime foe. AFP PHOTO
RARE US VISIT
US Secretary of State John Kerry (L) shakes hands with Lao Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong after their meeting at the Prime Minister’s Office in Vientiane on January 25. US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in communist-controlled Laos late on January 24 in a rare high-level visit by an American diplomat to Washington’s former wartime foe. AFP PHOTO

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