BEIJING, June 10 -- The third foreign ministers' meeting of the Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) will be held in Qingdao, a coastal city in east China's Shandong Province on June 21 and 22.

　　This was announced by Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao during the ministry' s regular press briefing on Thursday.

　　Liu said 22 Asian foreign ministers will attend the meeting, which will be presided over by Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing.

　　On the sideline of the meeting, the China-ASEAN foreign minister's informal meeting and the first meeting of the Three Party Committee of China, Japan and the Republic of Korea (ROK) will also be convened, Liu said.

　　The following is the basic information of the three meetings given by Liu.

　　ACD, founded in June 2002, is the only official dialogue and cooperation mechanism open to the entire Asia. This foreign ministers' meeting will review the progress in various fields within the ACD framework over the past two years, explore the direction for ACD's development and exchange views on international and regional issues.

　　The China-ASEAN foreign ministers' informal meeting is the first meeting of China and ASEAN foreign ministers since the two sides established a strategic partnership. The foreign ministers will have a free exchange of views focused on the international and regional situation, ways to deepen China-ASEAN relations and their respective development strategies.

　　The Three Party Committee of China, Japan and the ROK was set up in line with the Joint Declaration on the Promotion of Tripartite Cooperation issued by leaders of the three counties last October.

　　The committee, led by foreign ministers of the three countries,is mainly responsible for planning and coordinating cooperation ofthe three sides. Enditem