PM To Leave For China On Friday

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Published on June 4, 2014
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Official talks between the premiers of Bangladesh and China will be held at Great Hall of People on June 9. She will also sign a joint communiqué with Li Keqiang after the official talks, official sources said.

A welcome ceremony will be arranged in her honour at the Great Hall of People where she will be given a Guard of Honour. Sheikh Hasina will attend a banquet to be hosted by Li Keqiang.

On the first leg of her visit the Prime Minister will go to Kunming and from there she will head for Chinese capital Beijing on Sunday.

A VVIP flight of Bangladesh Biman carrying the Prime Minister will depart from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) at 7.30 am on Friday. The flight is scheduled to land at Kunming Changshui International Airport at 11.30 am local time (9.30 am BST).

Bangladesh Ambassador Azizul Haque and representatives of Chinese government will receive the Prime Minister at the airport.

In Beijing, Prime Minister Sheikh will pay wreath at the Monument of the People's Heroes on June 8. She will also visit Beijing Chaoyang Theater and Acrobatic World.

On June 9, the Prime Minister will deliver a keynote speech at a seminar at China Institute of International Studies (CIIS). She will address Bangladesh China Trade and Economic Cooperation Forum in Beijing on June 10.

She will call on President of China XI Jinping and hold a meeting with Yu Zhengsheng, Chairman of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference at the Great Hall of People.

Sheikh Hasina will attend the inaugural ceremony of the 2nd China-South Asia Expo in Kunming and attend a banquet to be hosted by Li Jiheng, governor of Yunan province on June 6.

She will attend as a keynote speaker in the 9th China-South Asia Business Forum on June 7. Later she will visit the Stone Forest. In the evening governor of Yunan province along with his predecessor will pay a courtesy call on her at her hotel suite.

During the visit, Sheikh Hasina will give interview with CCTV, Phonix TV, Yunan TV and Bangla Department of China Radio International. She will also attend a cultural performance by students of Bangla Department of Communication University, China.

She will return home on June 11 via Hong Kong.

- Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS)

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