The 7th meeting of the China-ASEAN (Association of Southeast
Asian Nations) Joint Cooperation Committee will be held in Nanning,
capital of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, from
March 15 to 16.
According to sources with the Chinese Foreign Ministry
yesterday, Assistant Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai will lead the
Chinese delegation to attend the meeting. Other participants will
include officials from the foreign ministries of 10 ASEAN members
and the ASEAN Secretariat.
The joint cooperation committee, set up in 1997, acts as an
important coordination mechanism between China and ASEAN. This year
is the 15th anniversary for building dialogue mechanism between
China and ASEAN and the 'Year of Friendship and Cooperation'
between the two parties.
The committee's current meeting will focus its discussion on the
follow-up activities of the China-ASEAN summit held last year and
the commemorative activities to mark the 15th anniversary of
China-ASEAN relations.
Participants of the meeting will exchange views on promoting
pragmatic cooperation in various fields between China and ASEAN,
sources with the Chinese Foreign Ministry said.
(Xinhua News Agency March 10, 2006)
