Chinese and Russian police are to hold a joint anti-terror drill
in the Far East area of Russia next year, Russian Deputy Interior
Minister Nikolai Ovchinnikov has announced in Moscow.
Preparations for the drill, the first ever between the police of
the two countries, were already underway, said Ovchinnikov, without
giving details.
The fight against terrorism was an important part of
China-Russia police cooperation and a priority in the bilateral
cooperation plan of Russia's Interior Ministry and China's Ministry
of Public Security.
China and Russia began to conduct police cooperation in 1993 and
signed an official cooperation agreement in 2003.
The two countries were carrying out "substantial cooperation on
police affairs", including the fight against cross-border organized
crime and smuggling, as well as personnel training and exchanges of
information, he added.
(Xinhua News Agency September 3, 2006)