Xie Feng, Chinese Ambassador to the US, meets with Rahul Gupta, US White House director of National Drug Control Policy on January 22, 2024. Photo: Chinese Embassy in the US

Xie Feng, Chinese Ambassador to the US, met with Rahul Gupta, the US White House director of National Drug Control Policy on Monday. The two sides held a candid and in-depth exchange of views on counternarcotics cooperation between the two countries, according to the Chinese Embassy in the US.

Xie said that during the meeting between the heads of state of China and the US in San Francisco, they agreed to establish a working group on counternarcotics cooperation. Both sides should take the important consensus of the heads of state as guidance, respect each other, eliminate interference, and adhere to the rule of law and professionalism, promoting cooperation in various fields of counternarcotics. 

Xie said that China and US can carry out practical law enforcement cooperation, promoting a stabilized, healthy, and sustainable development of China-US relations. 

Gupta said that they will implement the consensus of the two heads of state, strengthen dialogue and communication, and promoting progress in cooperation in the field of counternarcotics and other areas.

Chinese State Councilor and Minister of Public Security Wang Xiaohong met with US Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas via video link in January. 
 
Wang called on both sides to adhere to the right way of getting along based on mutual respect, peaceful coexistence, and win-win cooperation, and carry out practical law enforcement cooperation in the spirit of the rule of law and professionalism to provide more positive energy for the sound and steady development of China-US relations.

Global Times