Bangladesh
Bangladesh-China PM wants China's cooperation to smooth progress of Bangladesh's development
Dhaka, Jan 26: Terming China as one of the biggest development and strategic partners of Bangladesh, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina sought more cooperation from Beijing to smooth the country's development progress.
Sheikh Hasina sought this cooperation when Sun Haiyan, Vice-Minister of the International Department of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, paid a courtesy call on her on Thursday morning at the Prime Minister's official residence Ganabhaban.
At that time, Hasina said, "China can cooperate more than in the past to smooth our development progress."
After the meeting, Prime Minister's speechwriter M. Nazrul Islam briefed the journalists on this matter.
Sun Haiyan said, "Xi Jingping was sure of Sheikh Hasina's re-election as Prime Minister, because of her patriotism towards the country and the people and her commitment to change the destiny of the people."
The Chinese Vice Minister congratulated Sheikh Hasina on her re-election as Prime Minister on behalf of the Chinese government and the Chinese Communist Party. In addition, Sun Haiyan congratulated Saima Wazed, the only daughter of the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, on her election as the Regional Director of the World Health Organization (WHO).
She hopes Saima Wazed will play a major role in controlling autism worldwide.
Sun Haiyan expressed hope that the prime minister's activities in the socio-economic development of Bangladesh will continue and the work of transforming the country into a prosperous and developed country will continue at a fast pace. In this context, the Chinese Deputy Minister mentioned her multiple visits to Bangladesh since 1991.
She said, "During this time, I witnessed the unprecedented and incredible development of Bangladesh and the efforts to improve the quality of life of the countrymen."
In response, the Prime Minister said that there has been massive development because he has successfully instilled confidence in the countrymen that "we can do it".
