Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi Friday urged ASEAN countries to practice real multilateralism and enhance solidarity and cooperation to maintain regional peace and stability and jointly respond to their common security challenges.

It came as Wang attended the Foreign Ministers' Meeting of the 28th ASEAN Regional Forum via video link.

Wang said the region should consolidate its defense against COVID-19 and jointly respond to the challenges brought by the pandemic. He noted China has, to date, provided 460 million doses of COVID vaccines to other Asian countries, including more than 190 million doses to ASEAN countries.