Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, left, talks to Singapore's Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan, center, and Philippines Foreign Secretary Perfecto Yasay during the Association of Southeast Asian Nations–China Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Vientiane, Laos, on Monday. Photo: AP Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, left, talks to Singapore's Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan, center, and Philippines Foreign Secretary Perfecto Yasay during the Association of Southeast Asian Nations–China Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Vientiane, Laos, on Monday. Photo: AP
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, left, talks to Singapore's Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan, center, and Philippines Foreign Secretary Perfecto Yasay during the Association of Southeast Asian Nations–China Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Vientiane, Laos, on Monday. Photo: AP
South China Sea
China /  Diplomacy

China and Asean agree to exercise self-restraint in South China Sea, hours after Beijing dodges direct criticism

Association of Southeast Asian Nations had been split on their response to the international court ruling

Topic |   South China Sea
Catherine Wong
Catherine Wong

Updated: 9:15pm, 25 Jul, 2016

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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, left, talks to Singapore's Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan, center, and Philippines Foreign Secretary Perfecto Yasay during the Association of Southeast Asian Nations–China Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Vientiane, Laos, on Monday. Photo: AP Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, left, talks to Singapore's Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan, center, and Philippines Foreign Secretary Perfecto Yasay during the Association of Southeast Asian Nations–China Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Vientiane, Laos, on Monday. Photo: AP
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, left, talks to Singapore's Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan, center, and Philippines Foreign Secretary Perfecto Yasay during the Association of Southeast Asian Nations–China Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Vientiane, Laos, on Monday. Photo: AP
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