BEIJING, Feb. 22 (Xinhua) -- China hopes to work with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to complete the draft of a framework of the Code of Conduct in the South China Sea (COC) before midyear, a spokesperson said Wednesday.
At a meeting hosted by the Philippines on Tuesday, ASEAN foreign ministers called for the "full and effective implementation" of the 2012 Declaration on the Conduct (DOC) of Parties in the South China Sea.
Representatives of China and ASEAN will gather in Bali, Indonesia, on Monday to discuss the implementation of the DOC, maritime cooperation and negotiation of the COC, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang said at a regular news briefing.
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