At the summit meeting of China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, China's Prime Minister Li Keqiang emphasized the idea of emphasizing ASEAN, and will work on the early formulation of a rule "Code of Conduct" to prevent conflict over the South China Sea issue. Was shown again.
The summit meeting between China and ASEAN member countries was held online on the 26th, and Prime Minister Li Keqiang attended from China.
According to the state-owned Xinhua News Agency, Prime Minister Lee said in a meeting, "The relationship between China and ASEAN is developing soundly and stably, and they support each other even in the face of the new corona, and the relationship between the two has become even stronger." He emphasized the cooperative relationship with ASEAN.
On top of that, he said that he was ready to provide more vaccines as a countermeasure against the new corona.
He also confirmed the policy of RCEP = Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership with the participation of 15 countries, mainly in East Asia, aiming for early entry into force, and called for support for China's participation in the TPP = Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement. I did.
In addition, regarding the issue of the South China Sea, he reiterated his stance of working on the early formulation of a rule "Code of Conduct" to prevent conflicts, saying that "peace in the South China Sea is a common interest between China and ASEAN countries."
Based on the fact that China basically agreed on the preface of the "Code of Conduct" at the Foreign Ministers' Meeting with ASEAN in August, by showing the attitude of the parties to work on problem solving, the United States and other countries It seems that the aim is to eliminate the involvement of.