To this end, Chinahas placed great importance on and taken an activepart in the ShanghaiCooperationOrganization (SCO) and the ASEANRegionalForum (ARF).
We appreciated the substantial increase in high-level U.S. engagement in ASEAN-led political-security fora, including the ASEANRegional Forum (ARF), the ASEAN Defence Ministers' Meeting Plus (ADMM-Plus), the EAS, and the Expanded ASEAN Maritime Forum.
And on July 23, he will join the 21-member ASEANRegional Forum (ARF) on security, which includes the U.S., Russia, China, Japan and the European Union.