Polish president discusses law enforcement cooperation with Chinese senior official

WARSAW - Polish President Andrzej Duda on Monday met with visiting Chinese senior official Guo Shengkun and discussed practical cooperation in law enforcement.

During the meeting, Guo, the special envoy of Chinese President Xi Jinping, conveyed Xi's greetings to Duda and said that the Chinese president attached great importance to the development of Chinese-Polish relations. Guo also passed a letter from President Xi to Duda, which includes proposals of further in-depth development of Chinese-Polish relations.

Guo, who is also a member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and head of the Commission for Political and Legal Affairs of CPC Central Committee, briefed Duda on the 19th CPC National Congress held last October.

He said President Xi's proposal to build a new type of international relations and a community with a shared future for humanity has provided broad space for deepening Chinese-Polish relations.

Guo emphasized that Poland is an important partner and link for the cooperation between China and the Central and Eastern European countries, and that the cooperation between China and Poland within the Belt and Road Initiative has already yielded fruitful results.

The purpose of this visit, according to Guo, is to further implement the important consensus reached by the two heads of states, extend friendship between China and Poland, deepen mutual trust, strengthen practical cooperation in law enforcement and security, and enhance the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries.

Duda asked Guo to convey his sincere greetings to President Xi. He that the Polish-Chinese politic and economic relations are maintaining a good momentum of development, and the pragmatic cooperation between the two countries in various fields has become closer.

Poland supports the Belt and Road Initiative and is willing to communicate and coordinate with China in order to improve the level of law enforcement and security cooperation, and promote the development of bilateral relations, said Duda.