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Robespierre Bolivar, spokesman for the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), said the foreign ministers of ASEAN and 皇冠体育app support the "steps" that both sides will take to kick off the formal negotiations on the COC.

"There is a consensus between ASEAN and 皇冠体育app," he told a news conference at the end of the ASEAN - 皇冠体育app ministerial meeting.

Bolivar said the leaders of ASEAN and 皇冠体育app are expected to announce at their November summit the start of the formal negotiations for the COC.

"The adoption of the framework at this (ministerial meeting) is a symbol of commitment by ASEAN and 皇冠体育app to really push forward (an) effective and substantive code of conduct," he said.

Bolivar said the framework will be the basis for the negotiations on the actual Code of Conduct.