Prime Minister left Dhaka to visit China

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has left Dhaka for China's capital Beijing on a four-day official visit.
A chartered Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight carrying the Prime Minister left Dhaka's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 11am on Monday (July 8). The flight is scheduled to land at the country's Capital International Airport at 6pm Beijing time.
Earlier on Sunday (July 7) at the press conference organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Minister of Foreign Affairs presented detailed information about the Prime Minister's visit. Hasan Mahmud.
The Foreign Minister said that the Prime Minister and his entourage will visit Beijing from July 8 to 11 at the invitation of Chinese Prime Minister Li Qiang. About 20 MoUs are likely to be signed during the Prime Minister's visit, including roads, infrastructure development, assistance in the economic sector, health sector. Some projects will also be announced during the Prime Minister's visit.
Hasan Mahmud said that the flight carrying the Prime Minister will land at Beijing International Airport at 6 pm local time of China. A guard of honor will be provided to the Prime Minister at the airport.
Prime Minister's Tour Schedule-
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's four-day bilateral visit to China is expected to elevate the relationship between the two countries from a 'strategic partnership' to a 'strategic comprehensive cooperation partnership'.
During his stay in Beijing on July 8-11, the Prime Minister will hold a bilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on July 10 and a delegation-level meeting with Chinese Premier Li Qiang. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's four-day bilateral visit starting from Beijing is likely to sign 20 to 22 Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) between Bangladesh and China.
Minister of Foreign Affairs in a press conference at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Hashan Mahmud said that during the visit, MoUs were signed on economic and banking cooperation, trade and investment, digital economy, infrastructure development, assistance in disaster management, construction of the 6th and 9th Bangladesh-China Friendship Bridge, export of agricultural products from Bangladesh and communication between the people of the two countries. is likely to happen.
He said that the inauguration of several projects of the two countries will also be announced during the visit.
Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Bangladesh in October 2016. At that time the relationship between the two countries reached a strategic partnership. Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina last visited Beijing in July 2019. He has visited China several times before. The two countries will celebrate the golden jubilee of their first diplomatic relations next year. Bangladesh Prime Minister's upcoming visit to China is going to be within 15 days of his last visit to India last June 21-22.
On the second day of Sheikh Hasina's visit to China, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) President Jean Likun will pay a courtesy call on the Prime Minister of Bangladesh on July 9. The Prime Minister will then attend a summit on trade, business and investment opportunities between Bangladesh and China at China's World Summit Wing at Shangri-La Circle in Beijing, China. In the afternoon of the same day, the Prime Minister and Consultative Party President Mr. A meeting is scheduled between Wang.
The Prime Minister will later lay a wreath at the People's Heroes Monument in Tiananmen Square. In the evening, he will attend a dinner hosted by the Bangladesh Ambassador to China in honor of the Bangladeshi Prime Minister at Bangladesh House in Beijing.
On July 10, a delegation-level bilateral meeting led by Bangladesh Prime Minister and Chinese State Council Premier Li Qiang will be held at the Great Hall of the People. During this time several documents including memorandum of understanding (MOU) will be signed in their presence. He will later attend a luncheon hosted by the Premier of the State Council of China at the same venue. In the afternoon of the same day, the Prime Minister of Bangladesh will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
After the visit to China, the Prime Minister of Bangladesh will leave for the country on a chartered flight (BG1704) of Biman Bangladesh Airlines from Beijing Capital International Airport on July 11 at 11 am Beijing time. The flight is scheduled to land at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on the same day at 2 PM Bangladesh time.