Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina today said if her party is voted to power in the next election, it would continue the country’s development journey and serve the people.
“If we are voted to power in the next election, to be held at the end of this year or beginning of next year, we will continue the process of socio-economic advancement of the country and serve its people,” she said.
The Prime Minister said this while visiting Vice-Minister of International Department of the central committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), Chen Zhou, called on her at her official residence Ganabhaban.
PM’s speechwriter M Nazrul Islam briefed reporters after the meeting.
Sheikh Hasina said in the last 14 years, Bangladesh has transformed socioeconomically and people are enjoying the benefits of that.
Talking about Russia-Ukraine war, sanctions and counter-sanctions, she reiterated that Bangladesh does not want conflict and this war needs to be stopped.
Sheikh Hasina welcomed the Chinese cooperation in Bangladesh’s journey towards advancement, and hoped that China would extend its assistance towards a developed and prosperous Bangladesh by 2041.
In this connection, she recalled the Chinese cooperation in building various mega-projects such as the Padma Bridge, and the Karnaphuli Tunnel — the first of its kind in South Asia.
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PM sought Chinese investment in Bangladesh, particularly in Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Shilpanagar in Chattogram’s Mirsarai.
The Chinese vice-minister said that his country would provide all required assistance to Bangladesh to materialise its aspiration of becoming a developed country by 2041.
He also said that China supports Bangladesh’s foreign policy of “friendship to all, malice to none.”
“Bangladesh’s foreign policy is an effective means to ensure peaceful coexistence of the countries in the region,” he said.
He said the relations between China and Bangladesh has been elevated to a strategic partnership during the visit of his country’s President in 2016.
All the commitments made by the president during his Bangladesh visit are being implemented gradually, he added.
He congratulated Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on her reelection as the President of Bangladesh Awami League on behalf of the CPC and President Xi Jinping. He expressed eagerness to enhance bilateral relations between CPC and Awami League.
Source: United News of Bangladesh