China will play constructive role for Rohingyas, says envoy
Dhaka, Jun 25 (UNI): Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Zhang Zuo on Tuesday said that his country will play a 'constructive role' in resolving the Rohingya crisis.
''We will play a constructive role in resolving the protracted Rohingya crisis," he said when he paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her Jatiya Sangsad Office here.
PM’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim briefed reporters after the meeting.
The PM said the forcibly displaced Rohingyas must go back to their homeland and urged China to persuade Myanmar to take back their nationals from Bangladesh.
The press secretary said the prime minister and the ambassador also discussed the issue of upcoming visit of the premier to China.
In this connection, Sheikh Hasina said four instruments on bolstering bilateral cooperation would be signed between the two countries during her visit to China in the first week of July.
They expressed satisfaction over the existing bilateral relations between the two countries and hoped the ties would be further strengthened in the days to come.
The Chinese ambassador said Beijing-Dhaka relations reached a new height after the visit of their President Xi Jinping to Bangladesh in 2016.
On the issue of Dhaka-Beijing bilateral cooperation, the prime minister mentioned that the construction work of Karnaphuli Tunnel in Chattogram was going on with Chinese support.
PM’s principal secretary Md Nojibur Rahman was present on the occasion.
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