(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) Ijing june 10 (qna) - china and bangladesh pledged on monday to further promote their comprehensive partnership of cooperation.
the pledge was made during talks between chinese premier li keqiang and prime minister of bangladesh sheikh hasina wajed who is also in china for the second china-south asia expo in kunming of southwest china's yunnan province.
bangladesh is china's important cooperative partner in south asia and the indian ocean region. china is ready to take the 40th anniversary of their ties in 2015 as an opportunity to promote mutual political trust deepen cooperation make closer communication and push forward their comprehensive partnership of cooperation li said.
he noted that china attaches high importance to the relations with south asian nations and hoped bangladesh would support china's cooperation with the south asian association for regional cooperation (saarc).
the premier added that china and bangladesh share great potential for cooperation. china hopes to expand bilateral cooperation in areas including trade investment energy communication infrastructure construction technology agriculture ocean and disaster prevention and relief.
china will encourage companies to invest in bangladesh and set up joint ventures and hopes bangladesh can provide support in this regard li said.
the prime minister also welcomed chinese companies to increase investment in bangladesh and participate in its infrastructure construction and vowed to play a positive role for the relations between saarc and china.
wajed has been invited by li to pay an official visit to china from june 6 to 11. this is her third visit to china and the first one since she was elected as prime minister for the second time in january. (qna)
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