- Three-day meeting in Beijing ends with pledges to continue working towards a peaceful solution in the disputed waters
- Talks follow prolonged stand-off in resource-rich waters
China and Vietnam said that they would continue to look for ways to peacefully resolve their conflict over the South China Sea at the end of a three-day meeting to discuss border issues.
A statement from the Chinese foreign ministry on Friday said the vice-ministerial level talks had discussed border cooperation on land and, more sensitively, maritime issues.



![US warships sail in disputed South China Sea amid tensions The USS Gabrielle Giffords, a Naval littoral combat ship, travelled close to China-claimed Mischief Reef in the disputed South China Sea in recent days [File: Brynn Anderson/AP Photo]](https://www.aljazeera.com/mritems/imagecache/mbdxxlarge/mritems/Images/2019/11/22/9e3d051c9fa949f5b16a068cc9cc76a1_18.jpg)





