China, Central Asia join forces to fight terrorism and transnational crime

ASTANA — The Ministers of Public Security and Internal Affairs of China and Central Asia held an inaugural meeting in Lianyungang on September 10 to deepen cooperation in the field of public security and exchange experiences in combating modern challenges and threats such as transnational crime, extremism, drug trafficking, cybercrime and human trafficking.

China and Central Asian states plan to strengthen cooperation in public security. Photo credit: Kazakh Ministry of Internal Affairs

The leadership of the Ministries of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and the Ministry of Public Security of China attended the meeting.

On the sidelines of the meeting, Kazakh Interior Minister Yerzhan Sadenov held bilateral talks with Chinese Public Security Minister Wang Xiaohong.

At the conference of the Global Public Security Cooperation Forum, which was attended by representatives of law enforcement agencies from more than 100 countries, Sadenov spoke about measures to combat crime and expressed readiness for interdepartmental interaction and deepening cooperation in the field of public security.