Beijing, Nov 19: India’s Home Minister Rajnath Singh called on Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Thursday and discussed efforts to step up security cooperation between the two countries.
Singh, the first Indian Home Minister to visit China in a decade, met with Li at his office at Zhongnanhai, the imperial compound where top leaders of the Chinese government reside and function.
Singh during his week long visit is set to hold talks with top Chinese leaders and public security officials to strengthen cooperation in a host of areas including combating terrorism, especially in the light of the Paris terror attacks.
He started his visit this morning with a visit to People’s Public Security University, which trains police officers in a range of security-related operations where he interacted with Fan Jingyu, the ruling Communist Party of China’s Secretary of the University unit and discussed issues relating to training of the police officers.
Singh also held talks with China’s Public Security Minister Guo Shengkun, who is also the State Councillor in the CPC, a rank above the Minister.
Singh will travel to Shanghai on Saturday where he would meet top CPC and security officials and address a meeting of the Indian Association of Shanghai.
