Pubdate: Wed, 12 Jan 2005
Source: China Daily (China)
Contact:   http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/
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CHINA, MYANMAR MEET ON COMBATING TRANSNATIONAL CRIMES

Xinhua -- A senior officials meeting on combating transnational crimes and 
maintaining social order in the border area of China and Myanmar opened 
here Wednesday.

The four-day meeting, which is the first of its kind, was attended by 
visiting Chinese Deputy Minister of Public Security Zhao Yongji and Myanmar 
Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Brigadier-General Phone Swe.

The meeting discussed and exchanged views on strengthening cooperation 
between security and police forces of the two countries in jointly 
combating transnational crimes and settlementof issues existing in the sector.

Zhao spoke highly of the achievements made in the legal sectorsof the two 
countries in combating such crimes, proposing to further the bilateral 
cooperation in anti-drug trafficking, money laundering, smuggling of arms 
and ammunition and explosives, humantrafficking and counterfeit as well as 
in border entry administration, establishment of hot-line contact between 
departments of security and home affairs, and the system of regular meeting 
between national border defense departments of thetwo countries.

Zhao promised the Myanmar side to extend a material aid of 3 million 
Renminbi yuan (about 362,756 US dollars) to be used in equipping Myanmar 
police force technically and personnel training.

At the meeting, Phone Swe made positive response, thanking China for the 
aid rendered to Myanmar.

The meeting will last until Saturday when minutes of the meeting will be 
signed.

On March 25, 1997, China and Myanmar signed an agreement on border area 
administration and cooperation, and, in January 2001, the two countries 
signed a MoU on strengthening cooperation in drug control.

The two countries also held ministerial level meetings 5 times,senior 
officials meetings 9 times and 3 MoU meetings on cooperation in drug 
control, and, over the period from 2001 to 2004, Myanmar handed over 34 
drug-related fugitives apprehended in Myanmar and wanted by China.

Besides, China has helped trained 85 Myanmar police officers in Yunnan 
province Police Academy
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