Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Sunday said there was no discussion regarding Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus’ China visit during his recent bilateral visit to China, stressing that Dhaka is not in a hurry on that.
“To tell you the truth, there was no discussion about it because we’re not in a hurry,” Touhid said when a reporter drew his attention to media reports on the chief adviser’s visit to China.
The adviser, who paid a bilateral visit to China recently, talked to reporters at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
He said that Kunming, China, may be an alternative to India for medical treatment where medical expenses and travel costs are comparatively low.
Praising Bangladesh’s good track record in loan repayment, China on Tuesday "agreed in principle" to extend the loan repayment period and assured to look into the request for the interest rate reduction.
Touhid, during his meeting with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Beijing on Tuesday, requested China to reduce interest rates from 2-3% to 1%, waive the commitment fee and extend the loan repayment period from 20 years to 30 years for both the Preferential Buyer’s Credit (PBC) loan and Government Concessional Loan (GCL).
The Chinese foreign minister also assured to continue DFQF access of Bangladeshi products to the Chinese market for 3 years after the LDC graduation.