The foreign minister, Dipu Moni, now in Beijing has said the steady increase of mutual cooperation and support in the entire gamut of the bilateral relations over the years has made China a trusted friend of Bangladesh.
'Today, our bilateral relations which have grown from strength to strength over the last decades have been raised to the level of closer comprehensive partnership of cooperation,' she said in a statement at a seminar on 'Foreign Policy of Bangladesh: Priorities and Challenges and issues of Bangladesh-China Relations' at the China Institute of International Studies in Beijing Monday.
Dipu Moni said Bangladesh and China were working together to build on its historic, intellectual, spiritual and people-to-people relationship within the framework of sovereign statehood. 'Our task is challenging, exciting and full of hope,' she added.
The foreign minister said China had been deeply engaged in the major development efforts of Bangladesh. The joint efforts taken by Bangladesh and China in various areas of collaboration have contributed to a significant rise in development activities, both in terms of economic and social progress.
In bilateral trade, she said there was a very deep level of engagement of Bangladesh with China which crossed $7 billion annually in 2010.
Bangladesh and China are also collaborating in diversified areas of agriculture, infrastructure, power, education, culture, civil aviation, telecommunication and industry.
Dipu Moni said China's contribution and cooperation in infrastructural development continued to be highly appreciated by the people of Bangladesh. The six Bangladesh-China Friendship Bridges and the Bangabandhu International Convention Centre in Dhaka stand as testimonies to the ever-growing friendship.
'We are also working to construct the 7th Bangladesh-China Friendship Bridge, establish a deep-sea port and some power plants with Chinese cooperation and support,' she told the seminar.
Source : New Age
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