A meeting between State Councilor Wang Xiaohong and an interagency delegation from the United States formally inaugurated the China-US Counternarcotics Working Group in Beijing on Tuesday.

Wang, who is also director of the China National Narcotic Control Committee,  met the delegation, led by Deputy Assistant to the US President and Deputy Homeland Security Advisor, Jen Daskal.

Wang expressed the hope that both sides will take the important consensus reached at the meeting of the heads of state at the November summit in San Francisco as the fundamental guideline, with mutual respect as the way of coexistence, equality and mutual benefit as the basic principle, pragmatically carrying out anti-drug cooperation.

The two sides should properly address each other's concerns, deepen law enforcement and security cooperation, and inject more positive energy into the stable, healthy, and sustainable development of China-US relations.

The two sides also agreed to realize practical cooperation on drug control, law enforcement and security.