Chinese vice premier meets Bangladeshi president, prime minister on bilateral ties

Visiting Chinese Vice Premier Liu Yandong met with Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday and Bangladeshi President Abul Hamid on Monday on bilateral ties.

During the separate meetings, Liu told them that her visit aims to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between China and Bangladesh, promote their traditional friendship, boost the implementation of consensus reached between leaders of the two countries, expand mutually- beneficial cooperation in various fields and promote people-to- people exchanges.

China appreciates Bangladesh's support for China's initiatives of "One Belt and One Road" and the Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar economic corridor and hopes to reinforce bilateral cooperation in economy and trade, agriculture and connectivity, among others, and achieve cooperative win-win and the common development of the two nations as well as the peaceful development of the entire region, the Chinese vice premier said.

Liu also expressed the hope that the two nations would promote cooperation and joint development in such sectors as education, culture, technology, media, sanitation and tourism.

For their part, both the Bangladeshi president and the prime minister admired the achievements of China's reform and development and appreciated China's support to their country.

They also expressed the hope to maintain the momentum of high- level exchanges, deepen cooperation in infrastructure construction and people-to-people exchanges between the two countries so as to jointly realize their development goals. Endi