The recent consultative meeting between Defence Minister of China and ASEAN Defence Ministers on the sidelines of the 6th ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM) has strengthened mutual strategic trust between the concerned parties in the South China Sea especially between the Philippines and China. China and the Philippines held a separate bilateral meeting one day before the official opening of the 6th ADMM with agreement to restraint actions and statement that can increase the tension and continue an open communication between the two countries.