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COC in East Sea hoped to be completed in three years

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on November 13 that negotiations with ASEAN nations on a code of conduct (COC) in the East Sea would be completed in three years.
COC in East Sea hoped to be completed in three years ảnh 1Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (L) and Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at a meeting on November 12 (Photo: Xinhua/VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said onNovember 13 that negotiations with ASEAN nations on a code of conduct (COC) inthe East Sea would be completed in three years.

Speaking during his visit to Singapore, Li saidthat over the past few years, the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in theEast Sea (DOC) has played an important role in maintaining peace and stabilityin the region, and China hopes that this will create chances to help obtainimportant strides in the COC consultation.

Earlier, in talks with Singaporean PrimeMinister Lee Hsien Loong, Li said Beijing is ready to join regional countries’efforts in accelerating the COC consultation process.

Last August, ASEAN and China agreed on a “singledraft” negotiating text of the COC, an important stride towards narrowingdifferences among parties. It is considered the basis of future negotiations ona substantive, effective and efficient COC in conformity with internationallaw, particularly the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.–VNA
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