Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh had bilateral meetings with foreign ministers of several countries on the sidelines of the 48th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting on August 4.
Senior officials of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member countries and China have agreed to advance negotiations for a Code of Conduct in the East Sea (COC) to a new period.
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung held talks with his UK counterpart David Cameron in Hanoi on July 29, focusing on a range of measures to beef up cooperative ties in various fields.
Deputy Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung joined the 9th meeting on the implementation of the Declaration on the Conducts of Parties in the East Sea (DOC) that took place in Tianjin city on July 29.
Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has called upon the
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and China to come up with
a code of conduct in the East Sea (COC) at an early time
ASEAN and China should ‘expeditiously’ conclude the Code of Conduct in
the East Sea (COC) to ease tension in the region, Singaporean Minister
for Defence Ng Eng Hen said.