The Office of the Prosecutor General of Russia has announced that its chief, Alexander Gutsan, and the Chinese Minister of Justice, He Rong, signed a memorandum aimed at deepening legal cooperation between the two countries, reports Anadolu.

The announcement states that the signing ceremony of the memorandum of cooperation between the Office of the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Justice of the People’s Republic of China was held in Beijing after a meeting between the two officials.

“Strengthening bilateral contacts, effective work within the existing cooperation mechanisms and the creation of direct communication channels play an important role in this direction”, Gutsan said, emphasizing that the cooperation memorandum was prepared for this very purpose.

As Gutsan said, the document provides for the exchange of information on a wide range of issues, as well as mutual visits, consultations and joint research initiatives.

“It is important that we agreed to coordinate our positions and actions on multilateral international platforms”, he added.

As the next step in the development of bilateral mechanisms, the Russian Prosecutor General proposed the creation of a joint cooperation program that would coordinate efforts in key areas, including the fight against cross-border crime, digitization in law enforcement and the use of artificial intelligence technologies.

Gutsan also expressed the belief that the involvement of institutions education of the respective departments and their research capacities would contribute to the achievement of “high results”.

Source: prizrenpost