PARIS (AFP) — France and the United States share a common view on the security threats facing the two countries, the interior minister said Friday after meeting FBI director Robert Mueller.
"We share the same analysis, based on the fact that today there is truly no border between internal security and external security," said Interior Minister Michele Alliot-Marie.
Mueller, the head of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation, also met with Justice Minister Rachida Dati and officials from the new domestic intelligence agency during his two-day visit to Paris.
He said the decision announced last week to merge the DST counter-intelligence service with the RG police intelligence unit would help strengthen bilateral cooperation with France.
Alliot-Marie said the two countries have to grapple with a certain number of issues that are "vital for the lives of our citizens, including terrorism which is a permanent threat to our countries and for our nationals living abroad, but also trafficking, in particular of drugs."
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