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Beijing, Jul 10 (PTI) Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina met President Xi Jinping and her Chinese counterpart Li Qiang here on Wednesday as the two countries signed 21 agreements, and announced seven more projects to further elevate their strategic cooperative ties.<\/p>\n
China also said it is willing to take the 50th anniversary of the bilateral diplomatic relations next year as an opportunity to deepen the high-quality joint construction of the \u2018Belt and Road\u2019 projects among other things, China\u2019s state-run Xinhua news agency reported.<\/p>\n
Among the new projects announced were the \u2018Conclusion of Joint Feasibility Study on China-Bangladesh Free Trade Agreement\u2019 and \u2018Commencement of Negotiation on the Optimisation of China-Bangladesh Bilateral Investment Treaty\u2019.<\/p>\n
During the meetings, both countries agreed to elevate their “strategic partnership” to a “comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership,\u201d Bangladesh\u2019s state-run news agency Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) reported.<\/p>\n
\u201cChina will help Bangladesh economically in four ways by giving grants, interest-free loans, concessional loans and commercial loans, the Chinese President said during the bilateral meeting with Hasina,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n
Xinhua reported that China supports Bangladesh in adhering to an independent foreign policy, taking a development path that suits its national conditions, safeguarding national sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity, and opposing any external interference.<\/p>\n
Foreign Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud, while briefing the newspersons about the outcome of the meeting said, the Chinese President agreed for a technical committee from both the countries to sit together to decide how the four types of financial assistance will be given to Bangladesh to support its development.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe technical committee from China will soon visit Bangladesh,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Mahmud said, the Chinese President raised the Rohingya issue well before the Bangladesh Prime Minister raised it and said, \u201cXi Jinping promised to play an important role in resolving the Rohingya problem by holding talks with the Myanmar government and Arakan army.\u201d<\/p>\n
The two sides should hold the \u2018China-Bangladesh Year of People-to-People Exchange\u2019 next year to promote exchanges and cooperation in the fields of culture, tourism, media, sports and other fields between the two countries.<\/p>\n
Giving out details about the Li-Hasina meeting, BSS said the agreements were inked in the presence of Hasina and Li after the delegation-level talks between the two countries.<\/p>\n
The bilateral talks mainly featured the Rohingya issue, business, trade and commerce, investments, and bilateral relations alongside various regional and international matters.<\/p>\n
The instruments on cooperation in the economic and banking sector, trade and investment, digital economy, infrastructure development, assistance in disaster management, construction of 6th and 9th Bangladesh-China friendship bridges, export of agricultural products from Bangladesh and people-to-people connectivity were signed, the BSS report said.<\/p>\n
Among the signed instruments are the \u2018MoU on Strengthening Investment Cooperation in the Digital Economy\u2019; \u2018MoU on Banking and Insurance Regulatory between China National Financial Regulatory Administration (NFRA) and Bangladesh Bank\u2019; \u2018A Protocol of Phytosanitary Requirements Export of Fresh Mangoes from Bangladesh to China\u2019; \u2018MoU on Strengthening the Infrastructure Cooperation,; \u2018MoU on Cooperation on Green and Low-Carbon Development\u2019 and \u2018Renewing the MoU on Provision of Hydrological Information of the Yaluzangbu\/ Brahmaputra River in Flood Season by China to Bangladesh,\u2019 the BSS report said.<\/p>\n
Later, Hasina left for Dhaka wrapping up her three-day bilateral visit to China.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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