China to further cooperation through upcoming ASEAN meetings: ambassador

China would like to take the opportunity of the upcoming meetings of the Association of the Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to enhance its cooperation with the ASEAN countries, a senior Chinese diplomat said Wednesday.

Xue Hanqin, China's ambassador to the ASEAN, briefed a press salon held by the All-China Journalists Association on the upcoming ASEAN meetings and the China-ASEAN relations Wednesday.

Premier Wen Jiabao will attend the 12th summit between the Association of the Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and China (10+1), the 12th summit between the ASEAN and China, Japan and the Republic of Korea (ROK)(10+3), and the fourth East Asia Summit, in Hua Hin of Thailand from Oct. 23 to 25 at the invitation of Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva.

Xue said the meetings would focus on tackling the financial crisis to ensure the recovery of the world economy and continuously deepening the cooperation on economy, education and infrastructure construction between China and the ASEAN, as well as the ASEAN, China, Japan and the ROK.

China and the ASEAN countries are expected to sign a memorandum of understanding on the China-ASEAN center to further strengthen bilateral economic, trade, social, cultural and people-to-people exchanges, said Xue.

The Thai government has made great efforts to provide support to countries attending the meetings regarding the security of the meetings, Xue said, adding China is satisfied with its cooperation with Thailand in related aspects.


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