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MANILA – The Philippines has appealed to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) and China to fully support and make the disputed South China Sea a “sea of peace, security, stability, and prosperity”.
The statement was made by Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin, Jr. during the Special Asean-China Foreign Ministers’ Meeting on June 7 in Chongqing, China to mark the 30th anniversary of the two parties’ dialogue relations.
“Sec. Locsin appealed for full support and sincere cooperation to achieve ‘our collective aspiration for the South China Sea to be a sea of peace, security, stability and prosperity; not a moat between the members of the family of Southeast Asian nations but a wide watery highway for trade and connection, ” the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Wednesday night.
Wednesday, 22:37, 09/06/2021
The freshly-concluded sixth Mekong-Lancang Cooperation (MLC) Foreign Ministers’ Meeting offered a chance for countries to affirm their commitments to cooperation in addressing urgent issues in the region, thus ensuring sustainable and inclusive socio-economic development.
Chinese and ASEAN Foreign Ministers pose for a photo at the 6th Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Chongqing (China).
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Quoc Dung, head of Vietnam’s ASEAN SOM, made the statement during an interview given to reporters following the meeting and the Special ASEAN-China Foreign Minister’s Meeting, held virtually in China’s Chongqing city. The Vietnamese delegation to the events was led by Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son.