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Watches, daggers and cricket ice cream: Asian summit treats

This undated photo released on Nov. 3, 2022, by Agence Kampuchea Press (AKP), shows a custom wristwatch which Cambodia produced as souvenirs for world leaders who will attend the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in Cambodia. (Agence Kampuchea Press via AP) Blacksmiths make a traditional dagger called 'kris' similar to what will be given to leaders and delegates at the G20 Summit as souvenirs, in Aung Tong Tong village in Sumenep, Madura Island, Indonesia, on June 22, 2022. A custom wristwatch from Cambodian leader Hun Sen at the ASEAN summit in Phnom Penh, a foot-long dagger at the G-20 meetings in Bali, and cricket ice cream and Thai noodles with worm sauce at the APEC talks in Bangkok. World leaders have a surfeit of swag and surprises awaiting them as they attend back-to-back-to-back summits in Asia starting this week. (AP Photo/Trisnadi) This undated photo released on Nov. 3, 2022, by Agence Kampuchea Press (AKP), shows a custom wristwatch which Cambodia produced as souvenirs for world leaders who will attend the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in Cambodia. (Agence Kampuchea Press via AP) This undated photo released on Nov. 3, 2022, by Agence Kampuchea Press (AKP), shows a custom wristwatch which Cambodia produced as souvenirs for world leaders who will attend the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in Cambodia. (Agence Kampuchea Press via AP) FILE - APEC leaders, wearing matching jackets, laugh during a group photo opportunity on the campus of the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, Nov. 25, 1997. From left are Japan's Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto; South Korea President Kim Young-sam; Philippines President Fidel Ramos; Canada's Prime Minister Jean Chretien; Malaysia's Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad; Mexico's President Ernesto Zedillo; New Zealand Prime Minister Jim Bolger; Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Bill Skate; Singapore Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong; Koo Chen-fu of Taiwan; Thai Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai; U.S. President Bill Clinton. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) FILE - U.S. President George W. Bush, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin wave to photographers prior to the leaders' group photo at the APEC summit in Santiago, Chile, Nov. 21, 2004. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan, File) FILE - U.S. President George W. Bush, center top row, smiles with other leaders during a group photo session of the APEC summit in Bangkok, Thailand. From left; South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun, Australian Prime Minister John Howard, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, U.S. President George W. Bush, Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Mexican President Vicente Fox and Thailand Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. (Kimimasa Mayama/Pool Photo via AP, File) FILE - U.S. President George W. Bush, right, wears a Drizabone jacket with APEC leaders during a photo opportunity at the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia, Sept. 8, 2007. Pictured from left to right: Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Russian President Vladimir Putin. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File) FILE - Australian Prime Minister John Howard, left, and U.S. President George W. Bush, wear traditional Chinese jackets as they chat during a group photo session at the APEC summit in Shanghai, China, Oct. 21, 2001. (Eriko Sugita/Pool Photo via AP, File) FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, greets U.S. President Bill Clinton, second right, as Singapore Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong, second left, and Taiwanese representative Perng Fai-nan watch as they wear traditional shirts during the APEC group photo session at Jerudong Polo Club in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei, Nov. 16, 2000. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File) FILE - Wearing traditional Peruvian ponchos, Thailand's Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat, top left, U.S. President George W. Bush, top center, Vietnam's President Nguyen Minh Triet, top right, Japan's Prime Minister Taro Aso, bottom left, and South Korea's President Lee Myung-bak, boom right, wave during the official group photo of the APEC summit, in Lima, Peru, Nov. 23, 2008. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson, File) FILE - Dressed in traditional Malaysian batik shirts, from left to right: Russian Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov; Singaporean Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong; Taiwan Chairman of the Council for Economic Planning and Development, Chiang Pin-kung; Thailand Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai; and U.S. Vice President Al Gore, applaud after the reading of the declaration at the conclusion of the APEC summit in Cyberjaya, Malaysia, Nov. 18, 1998. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian, File) FILE - Wearing traditional "ao dai," U.S. President George W. Bush, top row left, Russian President Vladimir Putin, top row center, Thai Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont, top row right, Chinese President Hu Jintao, bottom row left, and Chilean President Michelle Bachelet wave during a group photo with APEC leaders in Hanoi, Vietnam, Nov. 19, 2006. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File) FILE - U.S. President Bill Clinton, right, wearing a traditional "barong tagalog" from the Philippines, does "the wave" with Koo Chen-fu of Taiwan, left, and Thai Prime Minister Banharn Silpa-archa, center, during a group photo outside at the APEC summit in Subic Bay, Philippines, Nov. 25, 1996. (AP Photo/David Longstreath, File)