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India, China to exchange information on terror crimes

Beijing, September 9
Stepping up efforts against terrorism, India and China have decided to exchange experiences on anti-hijacking, hostage situations and other terror-related crimes.

They have also decided to coordinate positions on anti-terrorism endeavours at regional and multilateral levels as part of a memomorandum of understanding (MoU) on information sharing and counter-terrorism signed between them yesterday during the visit of Home Minister Shivraj Patil here.

On Patil, who is in China on a five-day official visit, said that the MoU signed between the Ministry of Home Affairs and China’s Ministry of Public Security entails for the first time closer cooperation between the security agencies of the two countries in “controlling” and “containing” international terrorism.

The two sides have agreed to concretely implement the MoU, Mr Patil told reporters here today.

Describing his 100-minute discussions with his Chinese counterpart Zhou Yongkang, State Councillor and Minister for Public Security, as “fruitful”, Mr Patil said the two sides had an exchange of view on how to control and contain terrorism which has become a global phenomenon.

The MoU would for the first time allow cooperation in combating international terrorism, including exchange of experiences and information on terrorist activities, terrorist groups and their linkages, official sources said. —PTI