Australian Federal Police Invite Chinese Police for Cooperation Visit While Ending Agreement With Beijing

Australian Federal Police Invite Chinese Police for Cooperation Visit While Ending Agreement With Beijing
Two Chinese police officers arrest a Falun Gong practitioner at Tiananmen Square in Beijing on Jan. 10, 2000. Chien-Min Chung/AP Photo
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The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has invited Chinese police to Australia for an enforcement cooperation meeting while confirming that it will end an agreement with China over human rights concerns.

“At the invitation of the Australian Federal Police, from April 25 to 28, 2023, the Ministry of Public Security of the People’s Republic of China sent a delegation to visit Australia to hold the tenth annual meeting of the China-Australia Law Enforcement Cooperation Working Group with the Australian Federal Police,” reads a statement in Chinese on the website of China’s embassy in Australia.