Law enforcement: China ready to boost cooperation with Pakistan

BEIJING: Chinese State Councilor and Minister of Public Security Zhao Kezhi has said that the Chinese side stands ready to maintain strategic communication and deepen law enforcement cooperation with the Pakistani side. Zhao made the remarks in a phone conversation with Pakistani Interior Minister Ijaz Ahmed Shah.

China, he said, is ready to work with Pakistan to earnestly implement the important consensus reachedby the leaders of the two countries, further strengthen practical cooperation in such areas as anti-terrorism, security along the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor and law enforcement capacity building, and expand police exchanges and cooperation between their local counterparts, so as to safeguard the common interests as well as security and stability of the two countries, and continuously promote the China-Pakistan all-weather strategic cooperative partnership.

For his part, the Pakistani minister said his country is willing to jointly implement the consensus between the leaders of the two countries and bolster practical cooperation in law enforcement and security fields such as anti-terrorism.