China to build Ctg-Kunming road, rail link
China will construct road and railway link between Chittagong and Kunming via Myanmar to boost Sino-Bangladesh cooperation.
Assistant Minister for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China Liu Zhen told visiting Bangladeshi State Minister for Environment and Forests Hasan Mahmud at a meeting in Beijing yesterday.
Liu proposed to enhance cooperation between the two countries in the fields of trade, transportation and climate change.
He showed keen interest in the development of road and rail communications between Chittagong and Kunming, capital of Yunnan province in China.
Hasan emphasised the urgency of development of the planned deep sea-port in Sonadia, Cox's Bazar and sought support of the Chinese government in this regard.
The two ministers agreed that the proposed deep sea-port would offer an opening to sea to the Yunnan region of China.
They exchanged views on issues relating to adaptation and mitigation of climate change impacts and recognised the need for a comprehensive agreement in upcoming climate conference in Cancun, Mexico.
Later, Hasan met GAO Yuan, deputy director general and senior representative of the Department of Aid to Foreign Countries of the Ministry of Commerce of China.
They discussed the possibilities of narrowing the trade gap between the two countries by increasing import from Bangladesh and utilisation of potentials of investment in Bangladesh especially in the newly established Export Promotion Zone (EPZ) in Chittagong.
Hasan also had a useful meeting with Vice Minister for the Ministry of Environmental Protection of China, Wu Xiaoping, also former vice governor of Kunming.
The Chinese minister proposed to support Bangladesh in capacity building of the concerned officials through organising training programmes in China.
Hasan, who is now in an official visit to China, is leading a six-member delegation that includes Vice-chancellor of Brac University Dr Ainun Nishat and Awami League Organising Secretary Ahmed Hossain.
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