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IANS
November 23, 2015
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (R) with India’s Home Minister Rajnath Singh in Beijing. (Xinhua/Li Tao/IANS)
Beijing: India and China on Saturday agreed to boost cooperation in combating terrorism, as they condemned the recent terrorist attack in Paris that killed 130 people. The two nations agreed to set up a high-level meeting mechanism led by India’s home minister and China’s minister of public security.
A joint statement issued by India’s home ministry and China’s ministry of public security said both sides would strengthen cooperation in drug-related crimes, cyber crimes, economic crimes, illegal immigration, illegal trafficking in firearms and ammunition.
The statement was issued during Home Minister Rajnath Singh’s ongoing China visit. He is on an official visit to China from Nov. 18-23.
Singh held talks with State Councilor and Minister of Public Security Guo Shengkun.
“Both sides agreed to enhance cooperation in combating international terrorism through exchange of information on terrorist activities, terrorist groups and their linkages; exchanging experiences on anti-hijacking, hostage situations and other terrorism related crimes; and coordinating positions on anti-terrorism endeavors,” the statement said.
Both sides also agreed to exchanges by groups of counter-terrorism experts to discuss counter-terrorism cooperation.
Xinhua added that the two sides would enhance high-level exchanges and put in place a high-level security and counter-terrorism meeting mechanism.
