Chinese top prosecutor Han Zhubin signed an anti-crime agreement in Beijing Wednesday with his counterpart in Uzbekistan in an effort to combat the "increasing number of international terrorist activities and cross-border crimes."

Kabirov Rashitjon, general procurator of Uzbekistan, is in Beijing to attend the 8th World Conference of the Asia Crime Prevention Foundation, which opens tomorrow. Han is procurator general of China's Supreme People's Procuratorate.

Through the agreement, both sides committed to increase and strengthen mutual cooperation in cracking down on international terrorism and cross-border crimes.

(Xinhua 10/11/2000)