The 50th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting opens in Manila on August 5 (Photo: AFP/VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – ASEAN foreign ministers on August 5reached a consensus on a draft framework for a code of conduct (COC) of partiesin the East Sea.
The draft is expected to be submitted to theASEAN-China Foreign Ministers’ Meeting for approval one day later.
Robespierre Bolivar, acting spokesperson of the PhilippineForeign Affairs Department, said on the first working day of the 50th ASEANForeign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM 50) in Manila, the ASEAN ministers endorsed theCOC framework for eventual adoption on August 6.
This document will help ASEAN and China moveforward to negotiating an effective COC, he added.
The foreign ministers of ASEAN and 17 dialoguepartners will meet on August 7 at the ASEAN Regional Forum – an importantmultilateral security dialogue to discuss hot issues in the region.
The AMM 50 and related meetings will last untilAugust 8.-VNA
Philippine Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Enrique Manalo said Asian countries will likely agree on a code of conduct for the East Sea (COC) when regional leaders meet for a summit in November.
A Vietnamese representative has again stressed the important role of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) as the Constitution of the seas and oceans.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) always supports the early approval of an effective and legally-binding Code of Conduct in the East Sea (COC), the Foreign Ministry’s Spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang said at a regular press conference in Hanoi on August 3.
Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Dung led a Vietnamese delegation to the ASEAN Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM)and related meetings held in Manila, the Philippines on August 3-4.
A Vietnamese delegation led by Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh participated in the 50th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM 50) opened in Manila, the Philippines, on August 5.
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The ASEAN Future Forum 2024 (AFF 2024) entered its second plenary session in Hanoi on the afternoon of April 23, discussing ways to ensure comprehensive security for the people-centred ASEAN Community.
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The Centre for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) of Indonesia on April 21 lifted its tsunami advisory issued previously following the eruption of Mount Ruang in Sitaro district of North Sulawesi province.
Thailand expects to export about 1 million tonnes of durian, valued at an estimated 130 billion THB (3.53 billion USD) this year, with most of the shipments to China, according to Minister of Agriculture Thammanat Prompao.
The 72nd meeting of the ASEAN Working Group on Intellectual Property Cooperation (AWGIPC) and related meetings are being held by the Ministry of Science and Technology’s Intellectual Property Office (IPO) of Vietnam in the central city of Da Nang on April 22-26.
Enhancing regional food security and tackling the pressing challenges of climate change will be key agendas defining Malaysia’s ASEAN Chairmanship in 2025, Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat (lower house) Johari Abdul told the press on April 19.
The 50th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting opens in Manila on August 5 (Photo: AFP/VNA) 
