From left, East Timor's Foreign Minister Bendito dos Santos Freitas, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Myanmar Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Hau Khan Sum link hands as they pose for a group photo during the ASEAN Post-Ministerial Conference with Russia on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Pasay city, Metro Manila, Philippines Wednesday, July 22, 2026. (Ezra Acayan/Pool Photo via AP)