(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) china called for efforts to safeguard peace and stability in the asia-pacific region in response to ongoing joint military exercises run by the united states and the philippines. "it is in the common interests of all parties concerned to maintain peace and stability in asia and the pacific which demands constructive efforts by all parties" (xinhua) news agency quoted foreign ministry spokeswoman hua chunying as saying. "(we) hope that actions taken by the united states and the philippines will go in this direction as well" said the spokeswoman urging the two countries to do things "conducive to building mutual trust among countries and maintaining peace and stability in the region." troops from the philippines and the united states formally began on monday their annual joint military exercises dubbed balikatan (or "shoulder-to-shoulder"). the 30th annual joint military drill will involve 3000 filipino soldiers and 2500 american soldiers. (qna)
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