‘BD-China relations thousands of years old’

News Desk :
Education Minister Dr. Dipu Moni said that the friendly ties between Bangladesh and China should not be limited to merely diplomatic ties as the people-to-people connectivity and cultural bondage between the two nations are thousands of years old.
She said this while addressing the Chinese New Year celebration held in the capital Dhaka on Friday while newly appointed Chinese ambassador in Bangladesh Yao Wen attended the function as special guest.
Association of Bangladesh-China Alumni (ABCA) organized the program in collaboration with the Chinese embassy in Dhaka while a good number of ABCA members currently engaged in various professions in Bangladesh were also present. Former Ambassador of Bangladesh to China Munshi Faiz Ahmad, who is also the President of ABCA, presided over the celebration while ABCA General Secretary and Professor of Political Science at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST), Dr. Md. Shahabul Haque, delivered the welcome address. Assistant Professor at Dhaka University’s Institute of Modern Languages, Jannatun Nahar, presented the keynote address at the function.  
The program was followed by a cultural festival showing various cultural activities of China while Chinese tradition, foods and other cultural events were also shown at the big screen for the attendees to be familiar with Chinese culture. The celebration venue was also decorated with the iconic red lanterns of China with red color dominating everywhere.
Addressing China as one of the most trusted and reliable friends of Bangladesh Dipu Moni said that such festivals will strengthen friendship and bilateral ties between Bangladesh and China. “Bilateral cooperation and friendly ties between the two countries is growing every day,” Moni said adding that diplomatic ties between the two countries are very amicable. Meanwhile, newly appointed Chinese ambassador in Bangladesh Yao Wen said that China-Bangladesh cooperations and bilateral relations have reached to a new width, contributing for potential and promising future. “For the last three years we have limited people to people contact due to the COVID-19. Now as per the new international policy on travel, visiting China will be much easier,” said the Chinese envoy, urging all to visit China from now on. He informed that all air flights would start operations fully from February this year.