The Cameroonian government has called for a peaceful solution to the territorial and maritime dispute in the South China Sea.
As an international tribunal in the Netherlands is expected to rule in a case brought by the Philippines against China on the South China Sea dispute, experts in Indonesia have called on retaining good relationship between ASEAN and China.
Top diplomats from China and the 10 ASEAN countries agreed on Tuesday that the South China Sea issue should be handled properly.
The two-way meeting was made on the sidelines of the Special China-ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting, which will be held on Tuesday in Yuxi, Yunnan province.
Philippine diplomats have urged President-elect Rodrigo Duterte's government to launch bilateral talks with China to settle the long-running South China Sea territorial dispute between the two sides.
Senior officials from China and the ASEAN nations vowed on Thursday to fully and effectively implement the Declaration on Conducts of the Parties in the South China Sea (DOC).
China told the Philippines on Wednesday, the door is always open to bilateral negotiation on their maritime disputes in the South China Sea.
More and more countries have shown their understanding of and support for China's position on the South China Sea issue, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said.
Another four African countries together with deputy chairperson of the African Union (AU) voiced their support to China's stance on the South China Sea, the Foreign Ministry said on Monday.
State Councilor Yang Jiechi and US Secretary of State John Kerry will discuss the South China Sea during the eighth round of the China-US Strategic and Economic Dialogue.
With the Shangri-La Dialogue set to begin on Friday, observers predicted that Washington will try to further pressure and isolate China on maritime issues.
The Chinese Embassy in Washington on Tuesday rejected the New York Times' account about a recent air encounter between Chinese and US military planes over the South China Sea.
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