India and China to Sign Internal Security Cooperation Agreement.
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Zhao Kezhi, China’s Minister of Public Security and Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh are slated to discuss various aspects of security cooperation between the two countries.
For the first time, India and China will sign an internal security cooperation agreement next week, marking a new beginning in bilateral relations.
While Mr. Singh is the head of eight central armed police forces with a combined strength of about 10 lakh personnel, Mr. Zhao is responsible for day-to-day law enforcement in China and commands about 19 lakh personnel.
The scheduled meeting may lead to a future India-China agreement on the exchange of sentenced prisoners, another official said.
Currently, India does not have an extradition treaty with China, nor a pact to exchange each other’s sentenced prisoners.
There are at least 10 Indians in Chinese prisons and an equal number of Chinese citizens in Indian prisons.
This will help in the improvement of relations between India and China hence we can see more agreements between India and China in the coming future.
THE AGREEMENT
The proposed pact is expected to cover areas of intelligence sharing, exchange programme, sharing of best practices, cooperation in disaster mitigation.
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