China-Asean meetings to focus on 'vaccine passport, ' guarding against extraterritorial provocation

BEIJING (Global Times): The in-person meeting between foreign ministers of China and Asean countries scheduled to be held in Chongqing from Monday (June 7) to Tuesday carries "special significance," as China and the bloc are set to have comprehensive discussions on jointly weathering the pandemic, boosting economic development, moving bilateral ties forward without being wavered by extraterritorial forces, and other issues, observers said.

Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi will attend the Special Asean-China Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Celebration of the 30th Anniversary of Dialogue Relations and the sixth Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Chongqing, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said on Sunday.