Vice Premier meets heads of Bangladesh govt

Chinese Vice Premier Liu Yandong attended the unveiling ceremony of Chinese Muslims on Silk Road in Bangladesh.[Photo/CRI]

Chinese Vice Premier Liu Yandong met with Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka on May 24 during Liu's official visit to the country. The following day, she also held talks with Bangladeshi President Abdul Hamid.

Liu conveyed the greetings from Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang to the two leaders separately, and carried out talks on the relationship between China and Bangladesh.

During the meeting with Sheikh Hasina, Liu said that at the 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between the two sides, China is willing to deepen the traditional friendship, broaden the pragmatic cooperation, strengthen the people-to-people exchanges and further develop the comprehensive cooperative partnership between the two countries.

She also expressed the hope that the two sides will work together to maintain the momentum of high-level exchanges, take the opportunities and achieve the common development of cooperative win-win in order to realize the Chinese Dream and "the dream of a golden Bangladesh".

According to Liu, Bangladesh owns a unique geographical position in the region as well as abundant labor forces. It is also one of the important countries along the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, and China appreciates Bangladesh's support for the initiatives of the "One Belt and One Road" and the Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar economic corridor.

Under these frameworks, China is ready to join hands with Bangladesh to seek common interests, boost cooperation in industrial cooperation, infrastructure construction, agriculture, medical health, among others, so as to achieve substantial results and make due contribution to regional development, Liu said.

The occasion of the 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between the two nations is a new opportunity for both sides to strengthen people to people exchanges and China is willing to boost friendly exchanges and cooperation between the political parties, think tanks, colleges and universities, youths, women and media of the two counties to deepen the mutual understanding of the two peoples and lay solid foundation for the development of comprehensive cooperation partnership of the two countries.

Sheikh Hasina who visited China in 2014 said in the past 40 years, the friendly cooperative ties between the two sides have kept developing with mutual support and mutual help, and her country is appreciated for China's support and help in its development. Bangladesh is satisfied over the cooperation progress between the two sides in important projects including the construction of bridges, tunnels and industry parks.

The Bangladesh prime minister also expressed the hope to boost cooperation with China in various sectors so as to further lift the comprehensive cooperative partnership between the two countries.