. . Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will leave Dhaka for Beijing on a fourday bilateral visit Monday morning, which is believed to elevate the relations between Bangladesh and China to comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership from strategic partnership . A chartered flight BG1701 of the Biman Bangladesh Airlines, carrying the Prime Minister and her entourage members, will depart Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 11:00am which is scheduled to land at the Beijing Capital International Airport at 6:00pm Beijing time, reports BSS. During her stay in Beijing from July 8 to 11, the Bangladesh Prime Minister will hold a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jingping alongside a delegation level bilateral meeting with her Chinese Counterpart Li Qiang on July 10. Bangladesh and China are likely to sign 20 to 22 Memorandums of Understanding MoUs during the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina s fourday. The MoUs on cooperation in the economic and banking sector, trade and investment, digital economy, infrastructure development, assistance in disaster management, construction of 6th and 9th BangladeshChina friendship bridges, export of agricultural products from Bangladesh and people to people connectivity are likely to be signed, Foreign minister Dr Hasan Mahmud said Sunday at a curtain raiser press conference at the Foreign Ministry in Dhaka. During the visit, Hasan said, inauguration of a number of projects of the two countries will also be announced. Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Bangladesh in October 2016 when the relationship between the two countries had reached to a strategic partnership. Bangladesh Premier Sheikh Hasina last visited Beijing in July 2019. She also visited China on multiple prior occasions. The two countries would celebrate the golden jubilee of diplomatic relations next year. This visit of the Bangladesh Premier to China is going to take place within 15 days after her last visit to India from June 21 to 22. On July 9, the second day of Sheikh Hasina s visit to China, President of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank AIIB Jin Liqun will pay a courtesy call on her at the Meeting Room, Place of Residence. Afterwards, the Prime Minister will join a summit on Trade, Business and Investment Opportunities between Bangladesh and China at the China World Summit Wing, ShangriLa Circle, Beijing, China. In the afternoon, a meeting is scheduled to be held between the Prime Minister and the President of Consultative Party Mr Wang at the Great Hall of the People, Beijing. The Prime Minister will later place a wreath at the Monument to the People s Heroes at Tiananmen Square. In the evening, she will attend a dinner hosted in her honour by Ambassador of Bangladesh to China at Bangladesh House in Beijing. On July 10, a delegation level bilateral meeting led by the Prime Minister of Bangladesh and Premier of the State Council of China Li Qiang will be held at the Great Hall of the People where numerous documents that include Memorandums of Understanding MoUs will be signed in presence of them. She will later attend a welcome banquet lunch in honour of her hosted by the Premier of the State Council of China at the same venue. In the afternoon on July 10, the Bangladesh Prime Minister will pay a call on Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People, Beijing. The flight is scheduled to land at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, Dhaka at 2:00pm BD time the same day. 27 mins ago. 3 hours ago. 3 hours ago. 4 hours ago. 9 hours ago. 9 hours ago. . .
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is set to visit Beijing for a four-day bilateral trip, aiming to boost ties with China. Multiple Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) in various sectors are expected to be signed during the visit. The trip includes meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping and involvement in trade, business, and investment summits. This visit follows Hasina's recent trip to India and marks the upcoming golden jubilee of diplomatic relations between Bangladesh and China.