JAKARTA, July 15 (Xinhua) — The sequence of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) international ministers’ conferences, attended by senior Chinese diplomat Wang Yi, have despatched out three optimistic messages, a Chinese official mentioned right here on Saturday.
First, the conferences see a extra peaceable ambiance. The ASEAN-China Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, held in a pleasant and harmonious method, centered on sensible cooperation, the official mentioned.
With an eye fixed on fostering a regional progress heart, the ten ASEAN members have given precedence to growth, which is in line with China’s idea. Many ASEAN international ministers mentioned ASEAN’s prosperity is carefully linked with China’s growth, and the ASEAN nations are keen to advance the high-quality joint development of the Belt and Road with China.
At the ASEAN Plus Three (APT) Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, all events laid emphasis on sub-regional cooperation, which injected new vitality into the relaunch of trilateral cooperation between China, Japan and South Korea, the official mentioned.
At the East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, which up to now witnessed variations and conflicts, all events supported ASEAN centrality and advocated an open and inclusive regional order.
ASEAN has confused that the area shouldn’t turn out to be one other area for energy video games. The regional nations need solidarity, not division, and name for extra communication quite than prejudice and malice.
A sure nation made provocative remarks in opposition to China on the conferences, which was refuted by China with info and causes, the official mentioned. In normal, the events most well-liked dialogues, coordination and mutually helpful cooperation to tit-for-tat debates or a name-and-shame fury.
Second, the conferences obtain extra outcomes. Two main achievements have been made on the ASEAN-China Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, the official mentioned.
On the one hand, the assembly adopted the ASEAN-China Joint Statement on Commemorating and Reflecting on the twentieth Anniversary of China’s Accession to The Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia (TAC).
Twenty years in the past, China took the lead in becoming a member of TAC when different nations have been hesitating, which exhibits that China has at all times advocated equality amongst nations no matter their sizes and displays the significance China connected to ASEAN. So far, TAC has 51 members, and ASEAN’s standing has been significantly enhanced.
On the opposite hand, the conferences introduced the completion of the second studying of the Code of Conduct within the South China Sea (COC) textual content, and adopted a tenet doc on an early conclusion of the COC, which created a good situation for beginning the third studying of the COC textual content at an early date.
The last conclusion of the COC will enormously improve mutual belief and increase mutually helpful cooperation between China and ASEAN, and it’ll ship a transparent sign that China and ASEAN don’t want condescending instructors, however have full functionality and knowledge to correctly resolve the South China Sea difficulty by joint efforts to construct the South China Sea right into a sea of peace, friendship and cooperation.
Third, the conferences witness extra pragmatic interactions, the official mentioned. The Chinese delegation has engaged in additional than 10 bilateral conferences. Among them, the China-U.S. assembly has drawn nice consideration. Both sides agreed that the assembly was candid, pragmatic and constructive.
The Chinese delegation additionally held conferences with delegations from Japan, South Korea, India and Europe, all of which launched optimistic alerts, and all nations expressed their willingness to strengthen dialogue and deepen cooperation with China.