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Chinese and Russian police chiefs meet as Beijing casts wider law enforcement net
- China is building security alliance with friendly countries to help with extradition and crack down on cross-border crime, observers say
- Meeting between Chinese public security minister and Russian counterpart shows the two sides are accelerating cooperation, according to analyst
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China’s public security chief met his Russian counterpart earlier this week in a sign Beijing is extending its law enforcement net to neighbouring countries, observers said.
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Chinese Minister of Public Security Wang Xiaohong met Russian Minister of Internal Affairs Vladimir Kolokoltsev on Tuesday in Beijing, state-run news agency Xinhua reported. Wang is also a state councillor – a senior ranking in China’s cabinet.
The meeting between Wang and Kolokoltsev came about two months after Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met Nikolai Patrushev, head of Russia’s Security Council, in Moscow.
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At that meeting, Wang Yi said China and Russia would work closely on strategic security cooperation, defend true multilateralism and promote the development of the global governance system in a fairer and more reasonable direction.
At Tuesday’s meeting, public security chief Wang said China was ready to work with Russia to implement the important consensus reached by the two heads of state and strengthen practical cooperation in areas such as fighting transnational crime, cybersecurity, drug control and law enforcement capacity building, Xinhua reported.
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