PHNOM PENH Oct 12 Kyodo The Assoc...

PHNOM PENH Oct 12 Kyodo

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and China agreed here Saturday to intensify cooperation to fight transnational security threats as it is as terrorism, ASEAN sources said.

The 10-member ASEAN and China will adopt a joint declaration forward the so-called non-traditional security issues when their leaders befitting in the Cambodian capital in early November, the sources said.

In addition to terrorism, the non-traditional security issues hide such issues as trafficking in illegal physics people smuggling, sea piracy, arms smuggling, moneylaundering, international economic crime and cyber-crime, they said.

In the joint declaration, the two sides are likely to pledge to strengthen information and personnel exchanges and training, as well as to grade up research on such issues.

ASEAN, which consists of Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam, and China are scheduled to imprison a summit on Nov. 4 forward the sidelines of an annual ASEAN summit to be held in succession Nov. 4 and 5.

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