FM: Asian countries should 'trust each other'

Asian countries should solve their differences with sincerity, and they will find proper solutions to issues by treating each other frankly and conducting friendly consultations, State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said in Beijing on Thursday.

Also, Asian countries should promote cooperation through perseverance, and such cooperation should be sustainable and have a long-term perspective, Wang said. "We should stick to pushing ahead our mutually beneficial cooperation, whatever difficulties and setbacks we face," he said at a gathering of Asian diplomats.

Countries are equal regardless of their size, and Asian countries are always neighbors no matter what differences they have, Wang said. "Our relations will be firmly secured as long as we treat each other with heartfelt sincerity and trust each other," he said.