Bali, Indonesia, 12 October 2011
1. We, the Ministers of ASEAN Member States and the People’s Republic of China convened the Second Ministerial Meeting on Transnational Crime (2nd AMMTC+China) Consultation on 12 October 2011 in Bali, Indonesia. The Secretary-General of ASEAN also attended the Meeting.
2. We were pleased to note that the ASEAN-China Dialogue has marked its 20th Anniversary this year. The Ministers hoped that the beneficial cooperation between ASEAN and China could be elevated to a higher level through concrete and substantive activities which benefit both the people of ASEAN Member States and China.
3. We were pleased to note the implementation status of the ASEAN-China Work Plan 2011. The Ministers also welcomed China’s proposed activities for the ASEAN-China Work Plan 2012 which includes cooperation in the areas of drugs control, criminal investigation, and policing management and looked forward to the implementation of those activities.
4. We adopted the Plan of Action for the Memorandum of Understanding between ASEAN and China on Cooperation in the Field of Non-Traditional Security Issues and expected that the Plan of Action would strengthen cooperation between ASEAN Member States and China in addressing non-traditional security issues.
5. We also noted with satisfaction the consultation between ASEAN and China on the achievements of cooperation on transnational crimes including trafficking in persons, cyber crimes, as well as illegal immigration and border crossing. It was the Ministers’ fervent hope that substantial and sustainable cooperation on the above-mentioned issues will be continued. We also agreed to explore cooperation on combating telecommunication fraud as a new type of transnational crime in the region with joint plan and action.
6. We welcomed the kind offer of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic to host the 3rd AMMTC + China Consultation in Vientiane in 2013.
7. We expressed our deep appreciation to the Government and the people of the Republic of Indonesia for their warm and generous hospitality accorded to us and our respective delegations as well as for the excellent arrangements made for the Meeting.
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