Dipu Moni Meets Xi Jinping
China to help build deep seaport
China yesterday assured of support to build a deep seaport in Bangladesh and allow duty free access to more Bangladeshi products.
The assurance was given by Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping and Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi when Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dipu Moni met them seperately in Beijing yesterday.
They also offered a grant of RMB 150 million to Bangladesh for socio-economic development, says a message received from Beijing yesterday.
The leaders agreed that both countries would work to establish direct road and rail link between Kunming and Chittagong.
Both foreign ministers further agreed that Rabindranath Tagore's 150th birth anniversary would be jointly organised in China.
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