Chinese State Councilor Zhou Yongkang met in Beijing Tuesday with Robert S. Mueller, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of the United States.  

Zhou, who is also minister of public security (MPS), said the Chinese government attached great importance to Sino-US cooperation on law enforcement, and by doing so the two sides should push forward the cooperative relations.

Zhou also talked with Mueller about such issues as Sino-US anti-terrorism cooperation and the fight against international crime.

Mueller said the law enforcement organizations of the two sides have done effective work in establishing cooperation based on mutual trust and strengthening information communication.

The FBI is willing to enhance cooperation with the MPS on counter-terrorism and combating international crimes and to exchange personnel in law enforcement, giving support to the Chinese side to repatriate Chinese suspects who escape to the United States.

(Xinhua News Agency April 21, 2004)