But aid workers in Laos query how long such a policy can be sustained, given that alternative crops often provide miserly returns from uncertain markets, not least because of Laos's appalling infrastructure.

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We want to seriously address that, " he said in response to a question by Indian reporters, and then proceeded to query them on how his overtures are viewed by "the people of India.

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