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US, China hold annual counterterrorism talks

ByAP, Washington
Oct 26, 2016 01:43 AM IST

The US state department said the Washington and Beijing are discussing various issues pertaining to counter-terrorism.

The US and China are holding talks on advancing their still limited cooperation on counterterrorism.

The US state department said the Washington and Beijing are discussing various issues pertaining to counter-terrorism.(Reuters file photo)
The US state department said the Washington and Beijing are discussing various issues pertaining to counter-terrorism.(Reuters file photo)

The US state department said the two sides were discussing on Tuesday regional terrorist threats, aviation security, information sharing, border security, safeguarding human rights, and countering violent extremism.

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The US side is led by the department’s acting coordinator for counterterrorism Justin Siberell. China’s delegation is led by its foreign affairs assistant minister Li Huilai.

The dialogue has been held annually since 2014, but faces criticism from human rights groups.

China blames a spike in militant attacks in its restive far west on a group called the Turkestan Islamic Movement. Rights groups say China plays up the threat of militancy by its ethnic Uighur minority to justify abusive law-enforcement policies and religious restrictions.

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