China and ASEAN agreed to reach an early conclusion on the Code of Conduct (COC) in the South China Sea, as senior officials met Thursday in Beijing for the 21st China-ASEAN Senior Officials' Consultation.
Maritime cooperation on navigation security and joint search and rescue will be discussed during in Bali, Indonesia next week.
A spokesperson for John Ashe, the president of the 68th session of the UN General Assembly, on Thursday denied a Vietnamese news report which said that the president backed Vietnam's stance on solving the alleged dispute with China over the South China Sea.
China has hit back at comments by the secretary-general of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations that Beijing's actions in the South China Sea have infringed Vietnam's territorial sovereignty.
Senior officials from China and the US will have to sort out a wide range of economic and security issues in early June, including the recent tensions in the South China Sea.
When senior officials from China and the United States sit down for the 6th China-US Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED) in early July, they will have to sort out a wide range of economic and security issues, including the recent tensions in the South China Sea.
ASEAN foreign ministers on Saturday expressed "serious concerns" over the ongoing development in the South China Sea, which have increased tensions in the area, said a statement issued here.
ASEAN foreign ministers on Saturday expressed "serious concerns" over the ongoing development in the South China Sea, which have increased tensions in the area, said a statement issued here.
Pentagon chief: Growth in region an opportunity for all countries
Philippine President Benigno Aquino vowed on Monday to bolster the country's air force within three years, after recent provocations against China.
Beijing and Hanoi have to exercise utmost restraint to guarantee the resolution of maritime disputes in a peaceful and cooperative way, a senior Vietnamese general told China Daily on Tuesday.
The drafting of the South China Sea code of conduct (COC) is a working process without a timeframe, the director-general of the ASEAN Affairs Department of Thailand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs told Xinhua Monday.
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