1. We, the Ministers of ASEAN Member States and the People’s Republic of China responsible for handling transnational crime matters, convened the Fifth ASEAN Plus China Ministerial Meeting on Transnational Crime (5^th AMMTC + China) Consultation on 21 September 2017 in Manila, Philippines. The Meeting was co-chaired by H.E. Josephine Teo, Minister,  Prime Minister’s Office and Second Minister for Manpower and Home Affairsof the Republic of Singapore and E. LIU Yuejin, Vice Minister of Ministry of Public Security of the People’s Republic of China.

2. We took note of the outcomes of the Fifteenth ASEAN Plus China Senior Officials Meeting on Transnational Crime (15^th SOMTC + China) Consultation held in Vientiane, Lao PDR on 25 May 2017 and the Preparatory SOMTC + China for the 5^th AMMTC + China Consultation in Manila, Philippines on 18 September 2017.

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