India, China, Russia reiterated commitment to maintain peace in Asia-Pacific region

India, China and Russia on Monday reiterated their commitment to maintain peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific region.

"The Ministers reiterated their commitment to strengthening coordination and cooperation in a joint effort to maintain lasting peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific region, welcomed the 4th Summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) and the Shanghai Declaration adopted at the Summit," said the joint communique of the 13th meeting of the Foreign Ministers of Russia, India and China.

The Foreign Ministers of the three sides pledged to work together to seek common, comprehensive, cooperative and sustainable security.

"They called for the development of an open, inclusive, indivisible and transparent security and cooperation architecture in the region on the basis of universally recognized principles of international law. In this regard, they welcomed the continued discussion on regional security architecture in the Asia-Pacific region under the framework of the East Asia Summit," the joint communique added.

They also underlined the necessity to strengthen coordination and cooperation in various regional forums and organizations such as the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF), ASEAN Defense Ministers Meeting Plus (ADMM-Plus), Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) and Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) so as to contribute to maintaining regional peace and stability and to promote regional development and prosperity.

"In this connection, they agreed to establish a trilateral Russia-India-China consultation mechanism on Asia-Pacific affairs, with the first meeting to be held at an early date," the joint communique said.