Foreign ministers from the ASEAN community have met for a second day in the capital of Laos, Vientiane. They held talks with counterparts from dialogue partners, including Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, US Secretary of State John Kerry, as well as Japan's Fumio Kishida and South Korea's Yun Byung-se.

Earlier, ASEAN ministers issued a joint communique, emphasizing full and effective implementation of the "Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea". The document did not mention the award issued by an ad hoc tribunal over the South China Sea dispute earlier this month.