国内英语资讯:Chinese state councilor lauds 10+3 foreign ministers meeting_时事

国内英语资讯:Chinese state councilor lauds 10+3 foreign ministers meeting

SINGAPORE, Aug. 4 -- Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Saturday spoke highly of the foreign ministers' meeting of the 10 member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and China, Japan and South Korea (10+3).

Wang told a press briefing that important consensus has been reached at the 10+3 foreign ministers' meeting, which was held here earlier in the day, and the meeting went smoothly and successfully.

The foreign ministers agreed to jointly uphold free trade, oppose protectionism and stick to the process of multilateralism, he said.

And they also agreed that with the establishment of the ASEAN Community and restoration and growth of the China-Japan-South Korea cooperation, it's high time to positively push for the building of an East Asia economic community, and the negotiations on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) should also be speeded up, according to Wang.

On the foreign ministers' meeting of East Asia Summit, Wang said two major positive developments have been witnessed in the region, noting that the first one is that the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue has returned to the track of settlement through dialogue and consultation.

The second one is that the situation in the South China Sea has further stabilized thanks to the concerted efforts of China and the 10 ASEAN member states, Wang said.

What is more important is that China and ASEAN have arrived at a single draft negotiating text of the Code of Conduct (COC) in the South China Sea, Wang noted.