Chinese, Indonesian coast guard authorities meet for cooperation

China's coast guard chief, Meng Hongwei, met with his Indonesian counterpart, Ari Soedewo, on Tuesday in Beijing to exchange views on law enforcement cooperation.

This was the first work meeting between the maritime law enforcement authorities.

According to a summary of minutes of the meeting, the two sides stressed the importance of strengthening cooperation on issues involving common interests, highlighting high-level meetings, personnel training, visits of vessels and capability building.

The two sides also spoke about enhancing trust, confidence and coordination so they could appropriately and effectively respond to and handle maritime security challenges, according to the summary.

The two sides agreed it is necessary to deepen maritime cooperation through participation in relevant international and regional mechanisms.

Consensus was also reached on such aspects of cooperation as strengthened exchange of information and contact, and joint drills. Endi