Xinhua and AFP
The newspaper La Jornada
Thursday, September 26, 2024, p. 30
Beijing. Chinese State Councilor and Minister of Public Security Wang Xiaohong held frank, professional and pragmatic exchanges with U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas via video call yesterday.
Wang noted that the two sides earnestly implement the important consensus of the two heads of state, adhere to mutual respect, dispute management and mutually beneficial cooperation, and have achieved many visible results in areas such as drug control, repatriation of undocumented migrants and cooperation on individual cases.
China is willing to maintain communication with the United States at all levels and push forward the long-term and steady implementation of law enforcement cooperation between the two countries. The US side should attach importance to addressing China’s concerns, showing sincerity with concrete actions and removing obstacles to deepening cooperation, Wang said.
The two sides agreed to remain in communication on important issues in the field of law enforcement.
In other news, China yesterday tested an intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with a dummy warhead in the Pacific, an unusual exercise aimed at modernizing its nuclear program and which provoked criticism from its neighbors.
The test, according to the Ministry of Defense, comes amid rivalry with the United States in the Pacific Ocean, tensions with the Philippines over sovereignty in the South China Sea and hostility toward Taiwan, a democratically governed island that Beijing claims as its own.
The defense ministry, which rarely reports openly on such exercises, did not specify where the missile landed or whether it was launched from land or from a submarine. Intercontinental ballistic missiles are among the most powerful weapons in the world and are capable of carrying devastating nuclear payloads.
This test launch is a routine provision in our annual training plan.the ministry added. The shooting It is in line with international law and practice and is not directed against any country or target.accurate.
