We would also like to thank the Lao People's Democratic Republic, the current Chairman of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, for having taken the initiative to call for this meeting on what is known worldwide as the tsunami disaster.
我们还要感谢目前担任东南亚国家联盟主席的老挝人民民主共和国采取主动，要求召集这次会议，讨论这场已为全世界所知的海啸灾难。