Russia Hosts China, Iran Security Chiefs to Discuss Cooperation
- Patrushev met China’s Chen, discussed security services’ ties
- Iran’s Ali Akbar Ahmadian also plans to meet Patrushev, others
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Russia’s Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev and China’s security chief Chen Wenqing discussed strengthening ties between the special services and law enforcement agencies of their two countries at talks on Tuesday.
Patrushev and Chen, the Chinese Communist Party Politburo member in charge of security and law enforcement agencies, met in St. Petersburg on the sidelines of an international conference of intelligence chiefs, the state-run Tass news service reported.