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Vaccine disparity opposed Wang said countries should work together to object to "vaccine
nationalism" and prevent vaccine disparity. Vivian praised the two
nations' mutual support during the pandemic, and looked forward to
further exchanges. China and Singapore agreed to push all contracting parties to finish
domestic approval procedures on the Regional Comprehensive Economic
Partnership free trade pact. Regarding the Myanmar situation, Wang said China supports ASEAN's
noninterference principle as well as its approach to facilitate
Myanmar's return to order and stability. As the world is increasingly multipolar, international relations should be democratized, both sides agreed. Xu Liping, a researcher of Southeast Asian affairs at the Chinese
Academy of Social Sciences, said China and ASEAN are front-runners in
the East Asia region's fight against COVID-19 as a result of their
mutual support. "The four foreign ministers' China visits will help advance two-way
collaboration on building the Belt and Road and offset the impact
brought by the pandemic," Xu said, adding that the visits are also
expected to help nurture constructive consensus and solutions on the
Myanmar situation. China and ASEAN countries should rule out interference by external
forces when negotiating the expected text of the Code of Conduct in the
South China Sea, and their ever-closer friendship is based on lasting
cultural and historical links that are not subject to geopolitical
games, Xu added. On Thursday, Wang met with Malaysian Foreign Minister Hishammuddin bin Tun Hussein. Wang said Beijing and Kuala Lumpur agreed to launch a high-level
committee on bilateral cooperation and advance two-way teamwork on
vaccines and regional cooperation. They also agreed to promote peace,
stability and development in the South China Sea region, further support
multilateralism and oppose unilateralism. On Friday, Wang is expected to meet separately with Indonesian
Foreign Minister Retno L. P. Marsudi and Philippine Foreign Minister
Teodoro Locsin. In Manila, the first shipment of Chinese vaccines purchased by the
Philippine government, which is the first batch of the 25 million doses
ordered from leading Chinese vaccine maker Sinovac, arrived on Monday. "China now is the first and only country to provide vaccines to the
Philippines through both donation and commercial procurement," said
Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian, adding that more
vaccines will arrive to further help boost the Philippines' economic
recovery. Rising ties with ROK At Wang's invitation, Republic of Korea Foreign Minister Chung
Euiyong will visit China from Friday to Saturday in his first trip to
the country since taking office in February. Bilateral political relations "have advanced in a close, efficient
manner", and two-way trade grew last year despite global economic
headwinds, Chinese Ambassador to the ROK Xing Haiming said last week. From this year to next year, the two nations will hold the "China-ROK
Cultural Exchange Year", and next year marks the 30th anniversary of
bilateral diplomatic relations.
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