{"id":108685,"date":"2017-07-28T01:43:22","date_gmt":"2017-07-28T05:43:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=108685"},"modified":"2017-07-28T01:43:22","modified_gmt":"2017-07-28T05:43:22","slug":"chinese-top-diplomat-pushes-for-new-era-of-asean-china-ties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/07\/28\/chinese-top-diplomat-pushes-for-new-era-of-asean-china-ties\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese top diplomat pushes for \u2018new era\u2019 of ASEAN-China ties"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A Chinese top diplomat has pushed for a new era of collaboration between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries to boost further the China- ASEAN strategic partnership. (PNA Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

BEIJING, July 28 \u2013 A Chinese top diplomat has pushed for a new era of collaboration between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries to boost further the China- ASEAN strategic partnership.<\/p>\n

Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang said Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi made his proposal last Wednesday in a working lunch he hosted for ambassadors to China from the 10 ASEAN countries.<\/p>\n

\u201dForeign Minister Wang Yi raised a three-point proposal on developing China-ASEAN relations. The first is that China-ASEAN relations need to focus on the future and usher in a new period,\u201d Lu said in a regular press conference Thursday.<\/p>\n

With the concerted efforts of China and ASEAN countries, Lu said China-ASEAN relations have developed with a sound and stable momentum and maturing from a fast-growing period to an upgrading phase for the last 14 years.<\/p>\n

\u201dWhen it comes to China-ASEAN cooperation, our consensus is solid, the outcomes are plenty, and the prospect is bright,\u201d Lu said.<\/p>\n

Wang has also emphasized the need for East Asia countries to \u201cseize opportunities and forge a new prospect\u201d for more areas of cooperation towards progressive and stable Asian region.<\/p>\n

Lu said Wang also urged the ASEAN ambassadors to sustain the positive momentum on the South China Sea issue and get rid of disturbances.<\/p>\n

Last May, ASEAN-China senior officials completed a draft framework for the Code of Conduct in the South China Sea (COC).<\/p>\n

The draft will be submitted next month during the China-ASEAN Foreign Ministers\u2019 Conference in the Philippines.<\/p>\n

The Philippines, a rotating chair of ASEAN this year, has improved its relations with China after President Rodrigo Duterte shelved an arbitral tribunal\u2019s ruling in the South China Sea dispute.<\/p>\n

Wang met the 10 ASEAN ambassadors and representatives a day after he returned from productive visits to Thailand and the Philippines.<\/p>\n

Lu said China gives high importance to its relations with ASEAN countries that also include Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia, Cambodia, Brunei, Laos, Myanmar and Singapore.<\/p>\n

\u201dChina always regards ASEAN as a priority of its neighborhood diplomacy,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

ASEAN is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year while China and ASEAN will celebrate its 15th year of strategic partnership in 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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