BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said that his party’s mutual understanding with the Communist Party of China (CPC) would take the Bangladesh-China strategic relationship to a new height.
Fakhrul made the comment while talking to journalist at an airport in China on Friday. Later, senior officials including the Director General of the International Department of the CPC formally bid farewell to the delegation at the airport.
A BNP delegation led by Fakhrul visited China at the invitation of the CPC, the country’s founding and sole ruling party.
China, the world’s second-largest economy and an East Asian country, has a population of over 1.4 billion, making it the second most populous country after India and accounting for 17.4% of the global population.
Fakhrul described the visit as a significant step forward and said that his party’s engagement with the CPC would foster a deeper mutual understanding to strengthen and advance the strategic partnership between the two countries.
Before the departure, the BNP delegation visited a model community at Xi'an, the capital of the Chinese province of Shaanxi, where the BNP leaders were welcomed by the secretary of the community.
They were also elaborately briefed by the community leader about the health services, educational and rehabilitation activities for disabled people there.
Earlier on Thursday, the BNP delegation visited the modern smart city project "Code City" in China's Xi'an Hi-Tech Industries Development Zone.
As part of the visit, the delegation was informed in detail about cutting-edge technology, urban management, innovative infrastructure and smart services, according to the BNP media cell.
BNP Standing Committee Members Mirza Abbas, Gayeshwar Chandra Roy and Selima Rahman, BNP Chairperson’s Advisory Council members Md. Ismail Zabiullah, Prof Sukomal Barua, Zahir Uddin Swapan, BNP Media Cell Convener Prof Moudud Hossain Alamgir Pavel and BNP Chairperson's Private Secretary ABM Abdus Sattar.
The high-level nine-member BNP delegation left Dhaka for China last Monday and it is scheduled to land at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka around 9:40 pm on Friday.
Bd-pratidin English/TR
