Zhao Kezhi, China's Minister of Public Security, and Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh will sign the pact on Monday (Express photo by Prem Nath Pandey)
As China works on its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) close to India's borders and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), New Delhi will sign its first security cooperation agreement with Beijing on October 22. The pact, which focuses on terrorism, narcotics, human trafficking, intelligence sharing and disaster management, will be signed between Zhao Kezhi, China's Minister of Public Security, and Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, officials said.
National Security Advisor Ajit Doval is also likely to hold talks with Zhao before the two countries sign the agreement, officials said, adding that the issue of listing Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) chief Maulana Masood Azhar on the UN's sanctions list may also be taken up. Twice, China has blocked India's efforts to include Azhar in the list. New Delhi is hopeful that using the security cooperation agreement, India will be able to obtain some information regarding the JeM chief. The agreement between the two countries,
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