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FM Pham Binh Minh highlights ASEAN’s central role in New York

by VTV425 September 2017 Last updated at 09:34 AM

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FM Pham Binh Minh highlights ASEAN’s central role in New York
VTV.vn- ASEAN foreign ministers endorsed a proposal by Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh for the ASEAN-China Summit in November to issue official statement on the start of negotiations over a Code of Conduct for the East Sea.

Addressing his counterparts from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations at an ancillary meeting at the 72nd session of the UN General Assembly in New York on Saturday, Deputy Prime Minister Minh noted that ASEAN and China should make greater efforts to fully implement the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (DOC) and build a pragmatic and legally-binding Code of Conduct in the East Sea (COC).

He also called on concerned parties to adhere to the principles of peaceful settlement of disputes, in line with international law, including the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.