September 9, 2016

"Most countries at Laos gathering had positive attitude toward maritime safety, Beijing says

China strongly opposes that some regional outsiders were 'sowing discord' over the South China Sea issue during the 11th East Asia Summit, a senior Chinese diplomat said on Thursday in Laos.

Vice-Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin told reporters that, during the summit, all of the ASEAN countries supported the positive progress made by China and ASEAN on the South China Sea issue."

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