Last updated at: (Beijing Time) Friday, January 11, 2002
Chinese Primer's Visit to Dhaka Welcomed by Bangladesh Leftist Party
Bangladesh Samyabadi Dal (communist party) (M-L) Thursday gave its warm welcome to the forthcoming visit of Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji, saying that the visit will be helpful to the peace and stability of the region as well as the whole world.
General Secretary of the party Dilip Barua said in a statement that at a time when a tense situation is existing between India and Pakistan, the Chinese premier's three-day official visit from January 11 to 13 will certainly be helpful to maintaining peace and stability in the sub-continent and will make contribution to the establishment of mutual understandings among the South Asian countries.
Barua highly appraised China's foreign policy which, he said, "is designed to maintain world peace and create a peaceful international environment for the nations drive to modernization."
He noted strengthening solidarity and cooperation with the developing countries of the Third World and expanding friendly relations with neighboring countries is the cornerstone of Chinese foreign policy.
The practice of China's foreign policy fully demonstrates that " China is a positive factor and a strong force in the maintenance of regional and world peace," he said.
As the beginning of a new century is looming, greater opportunities and challenges lie ahead, "we hope that the Chinese people are willing to continue to strive for world peace and development together with the Bangladesh people, strengthen cooperation for Bangladesh-China friendship and jointly create splendid future for the two countries and bilateral relations," the communist party chief noted.
China and Bangladesh
1) Political
Relations
The People's Republic
of China and the People's Republic of Bangladesh officially established diplomatic
relations on October 4, 1975.
2) Economic and
Trade
For recent
years the economic and trade ties between China and Bangladesh have considerably developed
with gradual expansion in cooperation fields.
3) Cooperation in Culture and
Education
In November 1979, the Chinese and
Bangladesh governments signed the Agreement of Cooperation on Culture, after which an
implementation program for cultural exchanges is signed every three years.
China and Bangladesh
started to exchange students since 1976. There were 38 Bangladesh students in China in
1998.
4) Cooperation in Science and
Technology
China and Bangladesh
signed the Agreement of Cooperation on Science and Technology in March 1978 and the
Agreement was renewed in 1990.