MANILA, Nov. 13 (Xinhua) -- China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will start consultations on the text of the Code of Conduct (COC) in the South China Sea, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said here on Monday.
Li made the remarks when attending the 20th China-ASEAN (10+1) leaders' meeting in the Philippine capital of Manila.
China Wholesale College Shirts China , which has most of its freight of foreign trade passing through the South China Sea, wants peace and stability for that area more than any other country, Li noted.
The Chinese premier said China is committed to maintaining peace and stability in the South China Sea and resolving territorial and maritime rights disputes with parties directly involved through negotiations and in a peaceful manner.
Such a stance would never change, he added.
China, he said Wholesale College Hoodies China , expects to work with ASEAN countries on the basis of friendly negotiations to fully and effectively implement the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea (DOC) and to push for consultations on the COC.
At the ASEAN foreign ministers' meetings in August, China and ASEAN countries drew up and approved the framework of the COC, saying they would initiate substantive consultations on the code's text within the year.
The framework, Li said, epitomizes the consensus on the COC key elements reached by all parties and is an important outcome of their consultations already carried out.
"Through consultations on the COC Wholesale College Jerseys China , we hope that all parties could enhance their mutual understanding and trust, and strive to adopt the COC at an early date on the basis of consensus and make it a stabilizer of peace in the South China Sea," said the Chinese premier.
Li arrived in the Philippines on Sunday for an official visit to the country and for a series of leaders' meetings on East Asian cooperation.
In Manila, he will also attend the 20th ASEAN-China, Japan and South Korea (10+3) leaders' meeting Wholesale NCAA Hats , as well as the 12th East Asia Summit.
BEIRUT, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) -- A Saudi national was kidnapped in the vicinity of the Keserwan locality of Adma in Lebanon, the National News Agency (NNA) reported on Friday.
Ali al-Bishrawi, 32 years old, was lured away from his residence on Thursday night and had been missing since then Wholesale NCAA Shirts , according to NNA.
His wife, who is a Syrian national, filed earlier a missing person report, after she received an anonymous phone call demanding a ransom.
Authorities have launched investigations into the case.
The Saudi Embassy in Lebanon called for the release of the kidnapped citizen.
The embassy confirmed it had "contacted Lebanese security authorities at the highest level to assist to secure the release of the kidnapped citizen unconditionally and as soon as possible."
Meanwhile, Lebanese Interior Minister Nouhad Machnouk said that his country would not tolerate people who exploit the current political crisis to disrupt Lebanon's stability.
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