BANGKOK – China and the countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) agreed here Wednesday to forge closer ties at the China-ASEAN foreign ministers' meeting including a Code of Conduct in the South China Sea that will maintain peace and stability in the contested waters.
– China and the countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations agreed here Wednesday to forge closer ties at the China-ASEAN foreign ministers’ meeting including a Code of Conduct in the South China Sea that will maintain peace and stability in the contested waters.
Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said at the meeting that ASEAN and ASEAN-led cooperation platforms have played an indispensable role in maintaining social stability and economic growth in the East Asia region amid profound global changes unseen in a century. He also said that any initiative and vision should focus on the cooperation in East Asia and the entire Asia rather than affect the existing mechanisms on cooperation and their achievements, focus on cooperation and consensus rather than stir up geopolitical confrontation, focus on promoting openness, inclusiveness and transparency rather than form cliques and factions.
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