Lao Minister of Foreign Affairs Saleumxay Kommasith (R) confers Chinese Ambassador to Laos Guan Huabing a Friendship Medal in Vientiane, Laos, on Jan. 26, 2017. Lao Minister of Foreign Affairs Saleumxay Kommasith on behalf of Lao Prime Minister here on Thursday conferred Chinese Ambassador to Laos Guan Huabing a Friendship Medal following an order of the Lao president. (Xinhua/Liu Ailun)