This photo taken on November 20, 2019 shows a beach at a resort at Natadola Bay in Fiji. (AILEEN TORRES-BENNETT / AFP)
BEIJING – China and some South Pacific countries on Tuesday held their first minister-level dialogue on law enforcement and police cooperation via video.
Minister of Public Security Wang Xiaohong expressed the hope that China and some South Pacific countries can establish a more friendly cooperative relationship, form a more efficient mode of cooperation, and enhance professional law enforcement capacity
Wang Xiaohong, a member of the Communist Party of China Central Committee Secretariat and Minister of Public Security, co-chaired the dialogue with Anthony Veke, minister of police, national security and correctional services of the Solomon Islands.
Wang first extended his condolences to the Solomon Islands over the earthquake.
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Wang expressed the hope that through the minister-level dialogue mechanism, China and some South Pacific countries can establish a more friendly cooperative relationship, form a more efficient mode of cooperation, and enhance professional law enforcement capacity.
China stands ready to work with other parties to jointly foster this mechanism to create a security environment for the prosperity, stability and development of all countries in the region, said Wang.
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The heads of the police departments of Fiji, Vanuatu, Kiribati, Tonga and Papua New Guinea attended the dialogue and made statements.