JAKARTA — Economic cooperation and the disputed South China Sea will be on the agenda when Southeast Asian foreign ministers meet their Chinese, Japanese and South Korean counterparts for Asean-plus-three talks on Thursday (July 13).
China will be represented at the talks by top diplomat Wang Yi instead of Foreign Minister Qin Gang after Mr Qin pulled out for"health reasons", according to the Chinese foreign ministry.
Association of Southeast Asian Nations members include this year's chair Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, the Philippines and Myanmar. The waterway is an important shipping route and is crucial for both Tokyo's and Seoul's global supply chains.
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