The 14th Senior Officials’ Meeting on the implementation of the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (DOC) will take place in Guiyang city, the Chinese province of Guizhou on May 18.
Hanoi (VNA) – The 14th Senior Officials’ Meeting on the implementation of the Declaration on theConduct of Parties in the East Sea (DOC) will take place in Guiyang city, theChinese southwestern province of Guizhou on May 18.
Chinese Foreign Ministry’sspokesperson Hua Chunying said Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin andsenior diplomatic officials from the ASEAN countries will attend the meeting. Earlier,the 21st meeting of the Joint Working Group on the implementation ofthe DOC will be held.
China and the ASEAN countrieswill continue with their discussion on implementing the DOC, pushing forwardmaritime cooperation and issues related to the negotiations on the Code of Conductin the East Sea (COC), said Hua.
She added that China and ASEANsenior officials will talk China-ASEAN ties and cooperation within the EastAsian region on May 19 in Guiyang.
The DOC, signed in 2002 by Chinaand ASEAN member states, outlines the most important principles in themanagement of disputes in the East Sea.
Consultations for the COC werelaunched by the two sides in 2013. -VNA
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