The second meeting of Sino-Indian dialogue mechanism
on counter-terrorism was held in Beijing on 13 June 2003.
The Indian delegation was led by Mr. Ashok K.
Kantha, Joint Secretary (East Asia), Ministry of External
Affairs. The Chinese delegation was led by Mr.
Zhang Jun, Acting Director General of the Department of
International Organizations and Conferences, Ministry of
Foreign Affairs. The delegates of two sides
included representatives from the concerned ministries.
The two delegations recalled that the regular
counter-terrorism dialogue mechanism was established in
January 2002 and the first meeting was held in India in
April 2002.
The two sides exchanged views on
the international and regional counter-terrorism situation,
Sino-Indian cooperation on counter-terrorism, role of the
United Nations in combating global terrorism, and enhancing
counter-terrorism capabilities. Both sides
stressed the important role of the United Nations in the
international counter-terrorism cooperation and expressed
their willingness and readiness to strengthen cooperation
bilaterally and multilaterally. Both sides agreed
to hold the third meeting in India in the first half of
2004.
H.E. Mr. Shen Guofang, Assistant
Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, also received
the Indian delegation. Mr. Shen underlined the
importance of enhancing bilateral relations and made a
positive appraisal of bilateral counter-terrorism dialogue,
which would contribute to further development of cooperation
between the two countries. He concluded that the
dialogue would also help prepare for the forthcoming
official visit to China by H.E. Mr. Atal Bihari Vajpayee,
Prime Minister of India.
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