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Chinese legal chief meets Afghan national security advisor

Xinhua, April 20, 2016 Adjust font size:

Meng Jianzhu, China's top official in charge of political and legal affairs, met with Mohammad Hanif Atmar, national security advisor to the Afghan president, on Wednesday.

Hailing the partnership between China and Afghanistan, Meng, head of the Commission for Political and Legal Affairs of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said it is in both countries' interests to cooperate more in law enforcement.

He called on both sides to deepen cooperation in fighting terrorism, drug control and cracking down on organized crime so as to jointly safeguard the security and stability of the two countries and the region.

Atmar said Afghanistan attaches great importance to developing ties with China.

Afghanistan is willing to cooperate more in law enforcement to help strengthen overall ties, he said. Endi