52 minutes of the Chinese Foreign Minister in Dhaka at midnight

The plane carrying the Qin gang landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka at 1:58 pm on Monday (January 10). China's new foreign minister, Qin Gang, stopped in Dhaka for just 52 minutes on his way to visit five countries in Africa.

At this time, the Minister of Foreign Affairs in the VIP lounge of the airport. China's new foreign minister Qin Gang met with AK Abdul Momen. In the meeting, the foreign ministers of the two countries talked about various issues.

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Dr. Abdul Momen told reporters that the Rohingya issue was discussed in the meeting. Apart from this, there were talks about increasing trade and commerce between the two countries and providing duty-free access to 97 percent of Bangladeshi products in China.

He said that the foreign minister of China has been thanked for vaccinating Bangladesh against coronavirus and has been urged to quickly implement all previous agreements with China on various issues. At this time, it was also said to continue the ongoing aid and cooperation in various projects of Bangladesh.

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China's help in various developmental activities of Bangladesh including Padma Setu, especially China's help in setting up the Padma Setu rail link, has been discussed, said Foreign Minister Dr. Momen said, we believe in one China. This is our principle, this is our foreign policy. But I also said that we all have to go together. I said, for this we will give you (China) time to time support.

It should be noted that Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang left Dhaka for Africa at 2:50 PM on Monday after the suspension.