FULL TEXT: Chairman's statement of the 7th East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers' Meeting

(Philstar.com)

August 9, 2017 - 1:18am

Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Allan Peter Cayetano image is projected on the electronic board as, from left seated, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono, South Korea Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha and U.S. State Secretary Rex Tillerson listen at the start of the 7th East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers' Meeting and its dialogue partners as part of the 50th ASEAN Ministerial Meetings in Manila, Philippines on Monday, Aug. 7, 2017. AP/Aaron Favila, Pool

MANILA, Philippines — Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano, sitting as chair of the 7th East Asia Summit (EAS) Foreign Ministers' Meeting, released a statement following a meeting in Manila last Tuesday.

The foreign ministers reaffirmed their commitment to further strengthen the EAS as a leaders-led forum for dialogue on issues of common concern.

In the statement, the ministers expressed concern on regional and international issues including the developments in the South China Sea, Korean Peninsula and the threat of terrorism.

Among the members of the EAS are Australia, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Zealand, the Philippines, Russia, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, the United States and Vietnam.

Read the full chairman's statement below:

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