APA-Pretoria (South Africa) South African Police Minister Bheki Cele’s recent visit to China discussed the country’s preparations for the upcoming BRICS summit to be held in Johannesburg in August, police ministry spokesperson Lirandzu Themba has said.
According to Themba on Sunday, Cele met with Chinese Public Security Minister Wang Xiaohong to discuss security preparations for the summit where Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to join fellow BRICS leaders from Brazil, Russia, India and host South Africa.
The visit to Shenzhen, Beijing and Shanghai also involved engagements with various key safety and security role players of China, he said.
Among them were police exchange programmes, collaborating to tackle violent crime in South Africa through technological interventions, and transnational and environmental criminal acts featuring high on the agenda for Cele during the trip, the spokesperson said.
The delegations discussed, among other issues, “the strengthening of China-South Africa practical law-enforcement cooperation and collaboration,” the spokesperson said.
“We have no doubt that the fruitful security and safety discussions on this trip will be cemented and put into action in the shortest possible time,” Themba said.
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