China, ASEAN Chair Indonesia to Accelerate Discussion on Code for South China Sea
China has pledged to work with the ASEAN countries, including Indonesia as the current rotating chair, to accelerate negotiations on CoC.
JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com \- China has pledged to work with the ASEAN countries, including Indonesia as the current rotating chair, to accelerate negotiations on the code of conduct (CoC) on the South China Sea, said China's Foreign Minister Qin Gang. Qin made the statement while speaking at a joint presser with his Indonesian counterpart Retno Marsudi in Jakarta on Wednesday, Feb. 22 during the 4th Indonesia-China Joint Commission for Bilateral Cooperation (JCBC). It was his first visit to the region since taking office at the end of 2022. “Both China and Indonesia will work with other ASEAN countr...