NANNING, China, Oct 30, SPA -- China hopes to expand military exchanges and cooperation with its Southeast Asian neighbors, Premier Wen Jiabao said in remarks to a regional summit Monday. «We should expand military dialogue and exchanges,conduct and institutionalize cooperation» and pursue a«code of conduct» regarding territorial disputes in theSouth China Sea, Wen said according to a copy of a speech to a gathering of Chinese and leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. Wen said Beijing favored setting up a nuclear weapons-free zone in Southeast Asia and was ready to sign a treaty to that effect, the Associated Press reported.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/398992