India, China reach consensus to deal with terrorism

Beijing, Sept 27: In the first meeting of the India-China High Level Dialogue on Counter-Terrorism and Security, held in Beijing on Tuesday, officials of the two countries exchanged views on the prevailing international and regional security challenges.

The two countries also discussed ways to enhance security and cooperation to combat terror as officials from the two countries exchanged information on policies and legislation to deal with terrorism at the first high-level dialogue where they reached "important consensus".

The meeting was co-chaired by RN Ravi, chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee and Wang Yongqing, Secretary General of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission of China.

They exchanged information on respective policies, systems and legislation to deal with terrorism, and further enhance their understanding on issues of major concerns to both sides, according to a press release issued by the Indian embassy in Beijing.

"The two sides had in-depth discussions on enhancing cooperation in counter-terrorism and security and on measures to jointly deal with security threats and reached important consensus in this regard," the release said without elaborating.

PTI