Chinese vice minister flies in on 4-day visit
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Chinese Vice Minister of the International Department of the Chinese Communist Party Sun Haiyan arrived in Dhaka on a four-day visit last night.
This is the first visit by a Chinese official after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina assumed office following the January 7 national election.
Awami League International Affairs Secretary Shammi Ahmed received Haiyan at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around 8:30pm.
A diplomatic source said Haiyan is expected to meet Hasina and Jatiya Sangsad Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury.
"The Chinese Vice Minister will be conveying greetings from the Chinese leadership to Hasina on her re-election," the source said.
China has been criticising the US for what it says was interfering in Bangladesh's national polls when the US and its Western allies had been calling for free and fair polls in Bangladesh.
After the polls, Chinese President Xi Jinping in a congratulatory message said that China will strengthen mutual trust and promote traditional friendly relations with Bangladesh.
A day before coming to Dhaka, Haiyan paid a courtesy call on the Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu and focused on exploring ways to promptly implement agreements signed during the president's recent state visit to China.
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