A security delegation led by a Chinese deputy minister visited Taiwan for six days last week to discuss cross-strait crime-fighting measures, a Chinese state media report said yesterday.
Chinese Vice Minister of Public Security Chen Zhimin (陳智敏), along with the vice chairman and members of the Police Association of China, were in Taiwan from Sept. 13 to Sept. 18 on the invitation of Taiwanese authorities in charge of the Agreement on Joint Cross-Strait Crime-Fighting and Mutual Judicial Assistance, which Taipei and Beijing signed on April 26 last year, China News Service reported.
The report said the delegates met officials from Taiwan’s Ministry of the Interior, the Coast Guard Authority, members of the judiciary as well as representatives from the Central Police University. They also visited local police units in Taoyuan and Nantou, among others.
The delegation visited to consolidate the mechanisms for promoting better and regular communication between police on both sides of the Strait, the report said.
During their weeklong visit, which went largely unnoticed in Taiwan, the delegates exchanged opinions on crime-fighting with their local counterparts, it said.
The two sides reviewed the development of cross-strait police cooperation in the past 20 years, followed by a thorough discussion on concrete measures to fully carry out the agreement.
They also set goals for the direction of future cooperation within a certain period of timeand reached a consensus on strengthening police cooperation in accordance with the latest cross-strait developments.
Chen said crime fighting was the joint responsibility of police on the two sides and that the protection of people’s lives and assets were their joint mission.
As cross-strait exchanges become more frequent, they should work side by side to contribute to the peaceful development of cross-strait relations, the report said.
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