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PM to return home from China tomorrow
DHAKA, July 5, 2019 (BSS) – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will return home
tomorrow wrapping up a five-day bilateral official visit to China at the
invitation of her Chinese counterpart Li Keqiang.
A VVIP fight of the Biman Bangladesh Airlines (BG-1723) carrying the
premier and her entourage is scheduled to depart tomorrow the Beijing Capital
International Airport around 11am (local time) and expected to reach Dhaka Tomorrow afternoon.
During the tour, Sheikh Hasina held biletral talks with Chinese President
Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Li Keqiang, and joined the World Economic Forum
(WEF) Annual Meeting of the New Champions in the city of Dalian and a panel
discussion titled ‘Cooperation in the Pacific Rim’.
Following the meeting with her Chinese counterpart, Beijing assured
Bangladesh that it would try to persuade Myanmar to take back its Rohingya
nationals.
The Chinese premier agreed with Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on
resolving the protracted crisis quickly, saying, “There is no doubt that it’s
a big problem for Bangladesh”.
Li Keqiang, however, stressed the need for solving the crisis bilaterally,
and assured that China will help end the crisis.
During the call on with Sheikh Hasina, the Communist Party of China (CPC)
Minister for International Affairs Song Tao also assured that their sole
governing party would contact with Myanmar State Cuncillor Aung San Suu Kyi
and other leaders there to resolve the crisis.
Bangladesh and China signed nine instruments in different sectors ranging
from aid for the Rohingyas and economic and technical cooperation,
investment, power, culture and tourism after the two premiers talks on July
4.
Of the nine instruments – five are agreements, three memorandums of
understanding (MoUs) and a document – while ministers and officials concerned
of the two countries signed the documents in presence of the two leaders.
Under the first agreement titled ”Letter of Exchange (LoC) on the
Rohingya Refugees Rice Aid”, China will provide 2,500 tonnes of rice to the
forcibly displaced Rohingyas from Myanmar.
Other instruments are: Framework Agreement of Expansion and Strengthening
of Power System Network under DPDC Area; Framework Agreement of Power Grid
Network Strengthening Project under PGCB Project; Agreement on Economic and
Technical Cooperation between Bangladesh and China; Government Concessional
Loan Agreement of Expansion and Strengthening of Power System Network under
DPDC Area Project; and Preferential Buyer’s Credit Loan Agreement of
Expansion and Strengthening of Power System Network under DPDC Area Project.
The three MoUs were on the Establishment of Investment Cooperation Working
Group and its Implementation Plan on hydrological information sharing of Yalu
Zhangbo/Brahmaputra River and Cultural Exchange and Tourism Program
Sheikh Hasina met the WEF founders and executive chairman on the sidelines
of the inauguration ceremony and held a roundtable with the CEOs of different
Chinese companies.
She also attended a reception conferred on him by the expatriate
Bangladeshis in China and paid rich tributes to the heroes of Chinese
revolution by placing a wreath at the Heroes Memorial in Tian’anmen Square
here this afternoon.
The prime minister earlier left Dhaka for China on a five-day bilateral
official visit on July 1.
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