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High-Level Lao Delegation to Pay Rare Visit to US

VOA News09 July 2010

Photo: The White House

Thongloun Sisoulith, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Lao People's Democratic Republic (file photo)

News reports from Laos say a high-level official delegation, led by the country's foreign minister, will visit the United States next week.

The state-run Vientiane Times newspaper reported Friday that Foreign Minister Thongloun Sisoulith, who also serves as the deputy prime minister, will head the group. It said the landmark visit, set to begin Monday, is in response to an invitation from U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. She is expected to meet the visitors on Tuesday.

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