Vietnam, Malaysia sign agreement on transnational crimes
Vietnam’s Minister of Public Security Tran Dai Quang and Malaysia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Home Affairs Ahmad Zahid Hamidi signed an agreement.
Minister Tran Dai Quang and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Home Affairs Ahmad Zahid Hamidi signed an agreement on preventing and fighting transnational crime on October 1. (Source: VNA)
Vietnam’s Minister of Public Security Tran Dai Quang and Malaysia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Home Affairs Ahmad Zahid Hamidi signed an agreement on preventing and fighting transnational crime, on October 1 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
This is the first agreement of its kind Malaysia has signed with an ASEAN country, creating a legal framework to bring cooperation between the police forces of the two countries to a new level.
The two sides agreed on measures to effectively implement the agreement; establish alternate deputy minister-level dialogue mechanisms and exchange delegations; and hold negotiations to sign agreements on extraditions, the transfer of prisoners and human trafficking.
They will also coordinate in investigations, hunting criminals and preventing and fighting transnational crimes such as terrorism, drug crime, cybercrime and laundering.
They will pay attention to cooperation in improving law enforcement capacity, especially in training officials, boosting consultation and exchanging information as well as coordinating with and supporting each other at multilateral forums such as Interpol, the ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Transnational Crime ( AMMTC ) and ASEANpol.
The two sides agreed to assist each other in signing, joining and implementing international agreements and contribute positively and effectively to the formation of the ASEAN Community by the end of 2015.
On the same day, Minister Quang had bilateral meetings with Cambodian Interior Minister Em Sam An to exchange cooperation issues in fighting organised and transnational crimes.
E♒arꦫlier, Minister Quang visited Vietnam’s Embassy in Malaysia.-VNA
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Minister Tran Dai Quang and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Home Affairs Ahmad Zahid Hamidi signed an agreement on preventing and fighting transnational crime on October 1. (Source: VNA)
