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China, US security chiefs agree to keep talking on anti-narcotics cooperation
- Thursday’s video call is the latest of several communications on drugs and law enforcement between the two sides
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Chinese Minister of Public Security Wang Xiaohong and US Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas agreed in a video call on Thursday to maintain their communications on anti-narcotics and law enforcement cooperation.
According to state news agency Xinhua, Wang said that both sides should “continue to deepen cooperation” on drug control, repatriation of illegal immigrants and combating transnational crime.
Wang also said the two countries should “promote law enforcement cooperation to achieve more practical results”, the Xinhua report said.
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“The United States should attach great importance to China’s concerns, demonstrate its sincerity with practical actions, and inject positive energy into bilateral cooperation.”
China and the US have ramped up talks on law enforcement cooperation since Xi Jinping and Joe Biden’s November summit in San Francisco where the two leaders agreed to promote cooperation and manage tensions in a range of fields.
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The summit included an agreement to form an anti-narcotics working group to tackle fentanyl, the No 1 killer of Americans aged between 18 and 45. China also agreed to curtail shipments of chemicals that can be used to make the drug, after long complaints from the US that China’s lack of action has helped to fuel the crisis.
Wang headed the first anti-narcotics working group meeting in Beijing in January and also met Mayorkas in Austria for further talks in February.
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