Senior officials of China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will hold their annual meeting in the east China city of Nanjing on June 24 and 25, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang announced Monday.

Assistant Chinese Foreign Minister Hu Zhengyue and deputy foreign ministers of ASEAN countries will attend the meeting.

They are scheduled to discuss China-ASEAN relations as well as regional and international issues of common concern.

Founded in 1967, ASEAN comprises Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam.

(Xinhua News Agency June 22, 2009)