KUCHING: Malaysia is once again hosting key Asean-China negotiations on the South China Sea, with the 48th Meeting of the Asean-China Joint Working Group on the Implementation of the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea (JWG-DOC) and the 24th Asean-China Senior Officials’ Meeting on the Implementation of the Declaration (SOM-DOC) taking place here from Monday (Aug 11) until Aug 14.
In a statement on Monday, the Foreign Affairs Ministry (Wisma Putra) said the meetings aim to further strengthen the implementation of the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea (DOC), which was signed on Nov 4, 2002 by Asean Member States and China.
