Chinese foreign minister Qin Gang and his Indonesian counterpart Retno Marsudi met in Jakarta on Feb 22, 2023. - INDONESIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY
JAKARTA (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang on Wednesday (Feb 22) vowed that China will work with South-East Asia to “to jointly safeguard peace and stability in the South China Sea”, amid rising tensions in the disputed waters.
China and four Asean states – Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines and Vietnam – as well as Taiwan have overlapping claims over the strategic waterway, an issue which has remained unresolved for decades.
