Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin and senior diplomats from Southeast Asia will gather in China's Tianjin  to discuss a Code of Conduct (COC) in the South China Sea, the Chinese Foreign Ministry announced.
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Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lu Kang said the 9th China-ASEAN senior officials' meeting on the implementation of the declaration on the conduct of parties in the South China Sea (DOC) will be held on July 29.
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Participants will exchange views on implementation of the DOC, practical maritime cooperation and a COC.Â