Muhammad Yunus. File | Image source: PTI
Bangladesh welcomed China to participate in the Teesta River integrated management and recovery project on Friday (March 28, 2025). The assurances of Bangladesh were communicated during the ongoing visit to China by Chief Adviser Mohammed Yunus. The two sides also signed an agreement on the exchange of hydrological information for Yarlung Zangbo-Jamuna (Brahmaputra). In a joint statement issued after the formal discussion, the two sides announced that Bangladesh and China agreed to start discussing the free trade agreement “in the early stage.”
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The joint statement announced: “The two sides agreed to promote high-quality belt and road cooperation, strengthen international cooperation in industry and supply chains, and work together to achieve modernization of the two countries.” The two sides also expanded their support for the “core issues” related to both sides, and Bangladesh reiterated its support for the “one China policy”. In addition to speaking at the annual meeting of the BOAO Forum held in Hainan, Professor Yunus also met with President Xi Jinping in Beijing. Professor Yunus met with a group of Chinese traders and investors at the Presidential Hotel in Beijing on Friday (March 28, 2025) for a senior roundtable.
The joint statement announced: “Bangladesh reaffirms its firm commitment to the single-China principle and believes that China is the only legal government representing China as a whole and that Taiwan is an inalienable part of China’s territory.” Bangladesh praised China’s convenient conditions to treat medical tourists from Bangladesh, China’s Yunnan province.
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“China has always adhered to the principle of non-interference in the internal affairs of other countries, respected the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Bangladesh, supported Bangladesh in protecting its national independence, respected the development path chosen by the Bangladesh people independently, and supported bangladesh to publicize its own development path in order to explore its own national conditions. Bangladesh assured China that they will jointly advocate an “equal and orderly multipolar world.”
The two sides also assured that they will begin negotiations to optimize the China-Bangladesh investment agreement. The joint statement informed Bangladesh that Chinese companies were welcomed to participate in the modernization and expansion of Mongla port facilities. In addition to the “further” development of the China Economic and Industrial Zone (CEIZ) in Chittagong.
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2025 is 50Th On the anniversary of the establishment of bilateral diplomatic relations between Bangladesh and China, the two sides conducted “culture, tourism, media, education, health care and youth” on this occasion. The two sides also agreed to deepen cooperation in the blue economy and announced that they will hold a round of dialogue “at the right time” at the right time. The visit was Professor Yunus’ first two-sided visit as he became the role of Bangladesh on 8 August 2024 since he became the chief adviser to the Bangladesh government on 8 August 2024. Displaced from Rakhine State. China also assured Bangladesh that it will support the Rohingya’s repatriation to Myanmar “with the best of its capabilities.”
publishing – March 28, 2025 at 03:50 pm IST
