China's police chief calls for cooperation with U.S. on law enforcement

Chinese State Councilor and Minister of Public Security Wang Xiaohong called for mutual respect and cooperation with the U.S. on international law enforcement, including drug control, during his meeting with U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas in Vienna on Sunday.

Wang urged the U.S. side to stop unwarranted harassment and interrogation of Chinese students and take concrete measures to ensure the safety of Chinese diplomatic and consular missions and personnel in the U.S.

He also prompted the U.S. side to lift visa restrictions on some Chinese institutions and personnel and correct the mistake of listing China as a "major drug source country."

Wang said the meeting of the heads of the state in San Francisco last year established the "San Francisco vision," which provides direction and outlines a blueprint for the healthy, stable and sustainable development of China-U.S. relations.

It's hoped that the two sides will follow the important consensus reached by the two heads of state, uphold the principles of mutual respect, peaceful coexistence and win-win cooperation, and respect each other's core interests and major concerns to remove obstacles to drug law enforcement cooperation and people-to-people exchanges, Wang said.

The two sides agreed to contribute to the steady development of China-U.S. relations by implementing the important consensus reached by the two heads of state, maintaining dialogue and cooperation on drug control and law enforcement, attaching importance to each other's concerns, and properly resolving issues on the basis of mutual respect, managing differences and mutually beneficial cooperation.