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Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen on Tuesday described Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's visit to China as a "tremendously successful" one and highlighted four prominent features - higher, broader, pragmatic and consolidated. Firstly, Bangladesh-China relations have been elevated to a higher level, he said.
"Leaders of our two countries agreed to elevate the bilateral relationship to a comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership. This is the most important political outcome of the visit," Yao told a small group of reporters while briefing them at the Chinese Embassy in Dhaka on the outcome of the visit.
The envoy referred to a higher level of political mutual trust.
"The Chinese side will continue to firmly support Bangladesh in maintaining peace and stability, realising development goals as envisioned under Vision 2041, non-interference in its internal affairs, and independently choosing a development path suited to its national conditions," he said.
The Ambassador mentioned that Bangladesh reiterated its firm commitment to the One-China principle and its position that the Government of the People's Republic of China represents the whole of China, and Taiwan is part of China, and Bangladesh supports China on issues pertaining to China's core interests and China's efforts to safeguard its national sovereignty and territorial integrity. The two sides also discussed the Global Development Initiative (GDI), the Global Security Initiative (GSI) and the Global Civilisation Initiative (GCI) put forward by Chinese President Xi Jinping. "The Chinese side is ready to share experience on GDI issues with the Bangladesh side," he said.
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