- Beijing and Dhaka should “support themselves firmly”.
- Yunus’s visit shows the Bangladesh “send a message”.
- China insists on remaining a good partner of Dacca: XI.
Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping promised more in -depth cooperation with the counterpart of Bangladesh Muhammad Yunus at a meeting that came while Dacca is looking for new friends to compensate for freezing links with India.
Yunus took charge of Bangladesh last August after the overthrow of former autocratic president Sheikh Hasina, who fled to New Delhi after an uprising led by students.
India was the greatest benefactor of the government of Hasina, and its evidence sent cross -border relations in a Tailpin, culminating in Yunus by choosing to make its first state visit in China – the largest Asian rival in India.
XI told Yunus on Friday that Beijing was “ready to work with Bangladesh to push bilateral cooperation to a new level”, Chinese state diffuser Video surveillance reported.
“China … insists on remaining a good neighbor, a good friend and a good partner of Bangladesh, based on mutual trust,” said Xi, according to Chinese television.
The Chinese chief would have said that Beijing and Dhaka should “support firmly” on fundamental interests and support Bangladesh on issues such as the safeguard of national sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity.
He added that the two countries would explore cooperation in the construction of infrastructure, water conservation and digital, sailors and environmental sectors.
Dhaka said this week that Yunus’s visit to China showed that Bangladesh “sent a message.”
The 84 -year -old Nobel Prize winner is expected to return home on Saturday after held several other high -level meetings in the Chinese capital.
Several agreements should be signed on economic and technical assistance, cultural and sports cooperation and media collaboration between the two countries, according to the Bangladesh administration.
Discussions should also address the immense population of Rohingyas of Bangladesh refugees, most of which fled a violent military repression in neighboring Myanmar in 2017.
China has acted as a mediator between Bangladesh and Myanmar in the past to negotiate the repatriation of the persecuted minority, although efforts are blocked because of the reluctance of Myanmar to return them.
Tensions of India
Higher figures from the Indian governments and Bangladais exchanged beards before Yunus’ stay in Beijing.
These tensions have almost completely interrupted travel by the Bangladais in India for medical tourism, of which thousands have crossed the border each year to request care in their largest neighbor.
The best bureaucrat of the Dacca Ministry of Foreign Affairs said this week that talks in Beijing are said to be the creation of a Chinese “friendship hospital” in Bangladesh.
The administration of the Yunus guards has the uninvable task of integrating democratic reforms before the new elections expected by mid-2026.
He has asked – so far without success – that India allows Hasina’s extradition to face accusations of crimes against humanity for the murder of hundreds of demonstrators during the troubles that overthrew his government.
Yunus also asked for a meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in order to reset relations, the two should be at the same regional summit in Bangkok next month.
His government has not yet received an answer, the Indian Minister of Foreign Affairs Jaishankar saying that the request was “under exam”.
