Bangladesh Awami League (AL) Chairperson and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina (R) meets with Song Tao, minister of the International Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on March 21, 2019. (Xinhua/Liu Chuntao)
DHAKA, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Bangladesh Awami League (AL) Chairperson and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina met with Song Tao, minister of the International Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), here on Thursday.
Song said during the meeting that the CPC is willing to join hands with the AL to implement the consensus reached by leaders of both sides, boost the exchange of experiences on governance and make new contribution to the China-Bangladesh relations and the pragmatic cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative.
Hasina said Bangladesh cherishes the friendship with China and highly appreciates China's contribution to regional peace and development.
She expressed the willingness to comprehensively promote the relations between the AL and the CPC, expand the cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative, get on board of the fast train of China's development to achieve common development.
Song, during his visit, also met with leaders of other major political parties of Bangladesh.
