On January 23, 2006, Assistant Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai met with Executive Director of the UN Security Council's Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) Javier Rupérez, who was on a working visit to China. Cui indicated that China supports the UN especially the Security Council to play a leading role in counter-terrorism, welcomes the establishment of the CTED and will continue to support its work. Rupérez made positive comments on China's role in pushing for international counter-terrorism cooperation, noting that the CTED would like to further strengthen coordination and cooperation with China.

On the same day, Director-General of the Department of International Organizations and Conferences of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China Liu Jieyi held talks with Rupérez. Both sides exchanged views on the international counter-terrorism situation, the UN counter-terrorism work and other issues.