Senior diplomats from China and Southeast Asia gathered in China's Tianjin city on Wednesday to discuss formulating a Code of Conduct (COC) for the South China Sea and vowed to maintain peace and stability in the region.
The 9th China-ASEAN senior officials' meeting on the implementation of the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea (DOC) was held in a "friendly and candid" manner, according to a press release from the Chinese Foreign Ministry.
China and ASEAN pledged to enhance practical maritime cooperation, work toward a full and effective implementation of the DOC and continue consultations on formulating the COC, the release said.
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