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Vice President Ma’ruf Amin on Thursday met with China in high-level ASEAN talks in Vientiane, calling for stability and increased communication in regard to the South China Sea as pressure continues to mount on the organization to respond to Beijing’s activities in the disputed waters.
China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are pushing ahead with talks on a third version of a free trade agreement at an ASEAN summit in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, China's top diplomat Wang Yi said on Thursday.
Despite its financial heft, China is struggling to realize some of its bigger development financing commitments, according to a recent study, fueling concerns that the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway could be derailed.
China and ASEAN risk jeopardizing negotiations for a Code of Conduct (COC) in the South China Sea, analysts have warned, after the latest round of talks offered little progress, with Indonesia citing “ongoing disagreements”.
China seeks to strengthen relations with ASEAN by inviting top diplomats from four nations to visit State Counsellor Wang Yi this week, as the incoming ASEAN-China dialogue coordinator, Myanmar, wrestles with social upheaval in the aftermath of the Feb. 1 military coup.
The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic this year has become a major stumbling block for ASEAN and China to conclude talks on a code of conduct (COC) in the South China Sea by 2021, as negotiators were unable to meet physically to negotiate the instrument.
