PHNOM PENH Howie Long Youth Jersey , Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- The second Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) leaders' meeting kicked off in the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh on Wednesday, with a theme of "Our River of Peace and Sustainable Development."


Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang co-chaired the meeting, which also brought together Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith, Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Myanmar Vice President U Myint Swe.


In his opening remarks Bo Jackson Youth Jersey , Hun Sen said the Sanya Declaration of the first LMC leaders' meeting was a promise by the six Lancang-Mekong countries to develop the newly-established LMC into a full cooperation mechanism that would bring peace, security, economic growth and prosperity for the region.


"Our regional experience has reaffirmed that we can achieve peaceful co-existence through mutual respect for each other's territorial integrity and sovereignty, and non-interference in each other's internal affairs," he said.


"This is consistent with the values of the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation which adhere to the principles of consensus Marshawn Lynch Youth Jersey , equality, mutual consultation and coordinated voluntarism, common contribution and shared benefits, and respect for the United Nation Charter and international law."


Initiated by China in 2014, the LMC consists of six countries - China Karl Joseph Youth Jersey , Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam. It focuses on five priority areas of cooperation: connectivity, production capacity Eddie Vanderdoes Youth Jersey , cross-border economic cooperation, water resources management, as well as agriculture and poverty reduction.



Protesters dressed as detainees of the Guantanamo Bay detention camp rally to demand the closing of the Guantanamo Bay detention camp outside the White House in Washington D.C., the United States, on Jan. 11 Gareon Conley Youth Jersey , 2018. Dozens of Activists held a rally here on Thursday to protest against the Guantanamo Bay detention camp while urging an end to "indefinite detention." (XinhuaYin Bogu) Protesters rally to demand the closing of the Guantanamo Bay detention camp outside the White House in Washington D.C., the United States, on Jan. 11, 2018. Dozens of Activists held a rally here on Thursday to protest against the Guantanamo Bay detention camp while urging an end to "indefinite detention." (XinhuaYin Bogu)

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- Dozens of Activists held a rallyhere on Thursday to protest against the Guantanamo Bay detentioncamp while urging an end to "indefinite detention."


At Lafayette Square in front of the White House Reggie Nelson Youth Jersey , some protesterswere wearing orange jumpsuits and bags over their heads as otherswere holding banners that carry slogans urging the closure of theprison and an end to indefinite detention.


Their protests marked the 16th anniversary of the firstprisoners arriving at the U.S. facility, set up on the GuantanamoBay Naval Base in southeast Cuba in 2002 as part of the U.S. war onterror.


Former President Barack Obama tried to close the facility, butthwarted by Congress. Forty-one prisoners remain in detention.


Late last month, U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis visited theGuantanamo Bay Naval Base to meet troops, but he did not tour thedetention camp.


It was the first trip to the base by