Liu Jianchao, head of the International Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC), has said the CPC is interested in signing a political memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).
Liu expressed this interest at a meeting with a visiting BNP delegation, led by BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, on Tuesday, said Shairul Kabir Khan, a member of the BNP Media Cell.
Liu welcomed the BNP’s clear position on the "One China" policy.
At the meeting, BNP delegates said Chinese President Xi Jinping’s Belt and Road Initiative is groundbreaking and remarkable for China’s development as well as global progress and people’s welfare.
In this regard, the BNP congratulated the president.
Additionally, the BNP expressed its expectation for greater Chinese participation in infrastructure development and employment-related projects in Bangladesh.
Later, the high-level BNP delegation attended a luncheon hosted in their honor by Sun Haiyan, vice minister of the International Department of the CPC.
The BNP delegation has been in China since Monday.
The nine-member delegation comprises BNP Standing Committee members Mirza Abbas, Gayeshwar Chandra Roy, Selima Rahman, and AZM Zahid Hossain.
BNP Chairperson’s Advisory Council members Zahir Uddin Swapon, Ismail Jabiullah, and Prof Sukomal Barua, along with BNP Media Cell Convener Maudud Ahmed Pavel, also joined the delegation.