Released by U.S. Embassy Islamabad
1. The third meeting of the Pakistan-U.S. Joint Working Group on Counter-terrorism and Law Enforcement was held on 2-3 September, 2004 in Islamabad. The Pakistani delegation was led by Interior Secretary Tariq Mahmud. The American delegation was led by Coordinator for Counterterrorism J. Cofer Black and co-chaired by Deputy Assistant Secretary Steve Schrage of the Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs and Deputy Assistant Attorney General Bruce Swartz from the Department of Justice Criminal Division.
2. The two sides held in-depth discussions on issues relating to law enforcement, counter-narcotics, counter-terrorism, mutual legal assistance, trafficking in persons and capacity building and training. Both sides expressed their satisfaction with the level of cooperation and reaffirmed their determination to improve such efforts and to work closely in the mutual interest of both countries.
3. The two sides agreed that the Joint Working Group was an important forum for identifying and developing programmes in agreed areas of bilateral interest.
4. They agreed to hold the next session of the Pakistan-U.S. Joint Working Group on Counter-terrorism and Law Enforcement in Washington D.C in 2005 on dates to be mutually decided.
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