Sound bites

Syvanh Homsayadeth,deputy editor-in-chief of Lao Pasaxon Newspaper

"Over time, the alliance will make a lasting contribution to regional unity, stability and peace."

Pravin Sawhney,editor of FORCE, a newsmagazine on national security and aerospace, India

"It is not that we all have to agree on something. It is that we need to understand what the other is thinking, objectively."

Masood Khalid,former Pakistani ambassador to China

"We should try collectively to allow mainstream media to play that role that brings harmony, peace and people-to-people connectivity."

Kishor Shrestha,chairman of Jana Aastha Media House, Nepal

"Technology itself is a tool. It's in our hands — how to use it, how to properly utilize it."