The Chinese Foreign Secretary (Vice Foreign Minister) Liu Zhenmin’s visit to Bangladesh has been postponed due to flight cancellation.
“Liu Zhenmin was supposed to arrive at Dhaka by MU2035, which would stop by Kunming. However, the Kunming Airport was closed down due to heavy fog and cannot provide service till Saturday afternoon. Therefore, all the flights at Kunming airport were cancelled,” said Ye Wei, Political Attaché at the Chinese Embassy in Bangladesh through an email.
“Due to short notice of the cancellation, we could not arrange another flight for Mr Liu and have no choice but to postpone the visit.”
The email did not give any information on when the visit would take place.
Zhenmin was scheduled to arrive in Dhaka on a 24-hour visit today (Saturday) to discuss the current political situation in Bangladesh.
The visit comes just after three weeks of the Indian Foreign Secretary Sujatha Singh’s visit who had come to Dhaka on December 4 and discussed the political situation of the country with the Bangladeshi leaders.
The Chinese secretary was supposed to meet Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, leader of the Opposition Khaldea Zia and hold a bilateral meeting with Foreign Secretary Md Shahidul Haque, his Bangladeshi counterpart.
China on December 18, sent a letter expressing its desire to have diplomatic consultation and learn about the current political situation from Bangladeshi leaders.