KUALA LUMPUR, Shawwal 20, 1436, August 05, 2015, SPA -- China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) agreed on Wednesday to speed up consultations on a Code of Conduct for the disputed South China Sea, the foreign ministers of China and ASEAN member Thailand said on Wednesday, according to Reuters. China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi also told a joint news conference with Thai Foreign Minister General Tanasak Patimapragorn after a China-ASEAN meeting that non-regional countries should refrain from actions that might escalate or complicate the situation in the sea. --SPA 12:59 LOCAL TIME 09:59 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w