Deputy Minister of Public Security Le Quoc Hung (L) and Thai Minister of Justice Somsak Thepsuthin (Photo: VNA)At the working session with Minister of Justice SomsakThepsuthin, Hung said that Vietnam always considers Thailand an important partner in ASEAN. The two sides reviewed past collaboration and setout orientations for their future engagements, focusing on drug crime,terrorism, human trafficking, and prison management, among other matters.
Meeting with secretary-general of the National SecurityCouncil Gen Supot Malaniyom, the Vietnamese official said via the meeting of the joint workinggroup for political-security cooperation, the sides have sofar discussed a series of issues of common concern, including politics, security,intelligence, terrorism prevention and combat, transnational crime, environmental crime, and legalcooperation.
On such basis, they agreed on a number of measuresto strengthen ties in information exchange, and capture and handover offugitives fleeing from one country to another following the principle ofreciprocity, each country's laws, and international practices.
They said they will promote negotiations towards the signingof an extradition treaty between the two countries, and commit to continuing theircoordination to prevent individuals and organisations from taking advantage ofthe territory of one country to conduct activities against the other.
The sides agreed to hold their 12th joint workinggroup meeting in Vietnam next year.
At the working session with deputy commander-in-chief of theRoyal Thai Police Roi Ingkhaphairoj, the sides concurred to strengthen jointworks in preventing and combating transnational crimes such as drug crime,illegal migration, human trafficking, terrorism, and money laundering. They agreed that their second high-level dialogue on crime prevention and control will takeplace in Vietnam./.
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