China supports and advocates the "dual-track" approach in resolving the South China Sea issue, a major step that shows the country's earnestness to achieve peaceful solutions to territorial disputes.

Foreign Minister Wang Yi made the remarks at a news conference after the ASEAN-China Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Nay Pyi Taw, capital of Myanmar, on Saturday.

Wang said that the overall situation in the sea is stable and there is no problem with freedom of navigation in the area.