BAF jets to escort aircraft carrying President Xi on his visit to Dhaka

[Species]

Bangladesh to roll out red carpet for Jinping

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Bangladesh is set to roll out the red carpet as Chinese President Xi Jinping is scheduled to arrive tomorrow on a two-day state visit with Dhaka describing it as a “crucial” tour to open a new horizon for bilateral economic relations.

“The visit of a Chinese president after a long time is the reflection of world leaders’ confidence to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s dynamic leadership,” Foreign Minister Mahmood Ali told a media briefing on the eve of the visit.

He said President Md Abdul Hamid will welcome his Chinese counterpart with “state honour” at the VVIP terminal of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport while a special aircraft carrying Jinping and his entourage members is set land at 11.40 am.

“A 21- gun salute would herald his (Chinese president’s) arrival . . . two Bangladesh air force jets would escort the aircraft carrying the Chinese leader once it entered the country’s skyline,” Ali said.

A smartly turned out joint contingent of army, navy and air force would offer him a guard of honour while Chinese President will take the salute from the saluting Dias and inspect the guard accompanied by his Bangladesh counterpart.

National anthems of the two countries will be played during the ceremony.

After completing Airport formalities, the Chinese President will leave for Hotel Le Meridian, the place of residence, by a ceremonial motorcade.

Jinping will hold official talks with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her office at 3.10 pm tomorrow where the two leaders would witness the signing ceremony of several agreements and MoU after their talks.

In the evening Jingping would meet President Hamid at Bangabhaban at 6.30 pm and then join a banquet to be hosted in his honour by his counterpart.

Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury will call on the Chinese President at Hotel Le Meridian at 4:35pm.

On the second day of the visit the Chinese President will place wreaths at the National Memorial in Savar on Saturday morning to pay homage to the valiant sons of the soil who embraced martyrdom during the country’s Great Liberation War in 1971.

Jinping will leave Dhaka for Goa, India at 10.00 am on the same day to attend the 8th BRICS Summit while Sheikh Hasina will see him off at the airport.

A 13-member entourage along with 33 members working staffs and 34 members security and media staffs will accompany the Chinese President during his Dhaka visit that is taking place three decades after then Chinese President Li Xiannian visited Bangladesh in March 1986.

The members of the entourage are- Political Bureau of the Central Committee of Communist Party of China (CCCPC) Wang Huning, Member of the secretariat of CCCPC Li Zhanshu, State Councelor Yang Jiechi, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Minister for National Development and and Reform Commission (NDRC) Xu Shaoshi, Minister for Finance Lou Jiwei, Minister for CommerceGao hucheng, Governors of People’s Bank of China Zhou Xiaochuan, Director of Financial and Economic Affairs Office Liu He, Executive Deputy Head of General Office of the CCPC Ding Xuexiang, Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Ma Mingqiang, Deputy Head of General office of the CCCPC Wang Shaojun and Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs kong Xuanyou.

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[Species]

Such grand welcome has never happened before in Bangladesh's foreign relations!

@AndrewJin @long_ @beijingwalker @Chinese-Dragon @Shotgunner51 and others!

 

[BDforever]

Such grand welcome has never happened before in Bangladesh's foreign relations!

@AndrewJin @long_ @beijingwalker @Chinese-Dragon @Shotgunner51 and others!

because he is coming with around $60 billion deal, $40 as lend and $20 as investment

 

[Russell]

Oh no...I demand Hasina stop this...she's selling the country to China

Spoiler

Things the Jamaati imbeciles won't be saying

because he is coming with around $60 billion deal, $40 as lend and $20 as investment

Some of these figures are mental...I can't imagine it would be that large - sure, we want numbers in that region, but I think in reality they'll be less.

 

[Species]

Oh no...I demand Hasina stop this...she's selling the country to China

Spoiler

Things the Jamaati imbeciles won't be saying

Stop ruining every thread man. You are behaving like Indians now!

because he is coming with around $60 billion deal, $40 as lend and $20 as investment

I didn't know about the investment part, $60 billion is huuuggggeee!!!!!!

I just found this article,

Bangladesh offers economic zone to China

• Adil Sakhawat
• Published at 08:01 PM October 13, 2016

The government has proposed to Power Construction Corporation of China a 150-acre space in the Mirershorai economic zone for the construction of a power industry park and production of renewable energy

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed yesterday between Bangladesh Economic Zone Authority (BEZA) and Power Construction Corporation of China (Power China).

Mohammed Ayub, secretary of Bangladesh Economic Zone Authority (BEZA) Executive Board, and Xiong Lixin, executive vice president of Power China, signed the MoU at the BEZA conference venue.

The MoU was signed regarding giving Power China land to manufacture components and sub-components or parts for any kinds of power plants in the economic zone in Mirershorai, Chittagong.

Power China proposed two projects: manufacturing components for power plants, and a 1000MW renewable solar energy plant.

For the latter project, another 2000 acres of land will be required.

After the signing ceremony, BEZA’s Executive Chairman Paban Chowdhury said: “We have the MoU for providing them land in Mirershorai economic zone to manufacture power plant components, but for another project (renewable solar energy), we require approval from the power division, about which we have advised them already.”

He added: “Power China wants this economic zone for their exclusive usage and restrict investment by other investors. We will discuss the terms before reaching a conclusion.”

BEZA will provide Power China the land after assessment. Experts will assess the full proposal and calculate the exact volume of land required for the project.

After the power division’s approval, further discussions about the power plant will be held, added Paban.

BEZA has yet to officially announce the approximate Chinese investment in the projects.

But the local partner of Power China, Green Engineering and Development Limited (GEDL) has shed some light on the matter.

GEDL Chairman Nazmul Hoque told the Dhaka Tribune: “The investment for the Mirershorai economic zone will be around $2bn to $4bn.”

GEDL Managing Director Rana Khan added: “Power China has several ongoing projects in India, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Indonesia, Ethiopia, and Pakistan. They manufacture the components and set up power plants in those countries as well.”

 

[~Phoenix~]

Long live Bangladesh-China friendship

because he is coming with around $60 billion deal, $40 as lend and $20 as investment

Thats great news!

Spoiler: Jealousy?

Indian point of view?

 

[Russell]

Stop ruining every thread man. You are behaving like Indians now!

What other thread have I ruined?

This entire Bangladeshi section is a clusterfcuk. Every second thread is about...Rawami league selling this...selling that... but, that doesn't ruin the section? Or is that acceptable because it's done by 'senior' and 'elite' members? As long as one sided slander is allowed to pass in this section...nothing is 'ruined'.

Feel free to stick me on ignore and I'll make sure to avoid any threads you start in future

And using behaving like indians as a pejorative lol

 

[mb444]

What other thread have I ruined?

This entire Bangladeshi section is a clusterfcuk. Every second thread is about...Rawami league selling this...selling that... but, that doesn't ruin the section? Or is that acceptable because it's done by 'senior' and 'elite' members? As long as one sided slander is allowed to pass in this section...nothing is 'ruined'.

Feel free to stick me on ignore and I'll make sure to avoid any threads you start in future

And using behaving like indians as a pejorative lol

Who is stopping you defending BAL action?

Criticism of BAL stems from the fact that they are an undemocratic unelected authorian party beholden to foreign power. You can put alternative narrative forward. Some people will agree others not. That is the nature of free speech. You should not bother yourself with the status of members..... all that indicates is how much free time the member has....

 

[Species]

OPTIMISM as Xi Jinping flies in
Dhaka welcomes Chinese president on his milestone visit ushering in a new era of Sino-Bangla ties

Diplomatic Correspondent

Dhaka today receives Chinese President Xi Jinping with much optimism as he flies in here on a state visit when he will sign a number of agreements relating to key development projects in energy, infrastructure and communication sectors.

He is expected to land in Dhaka at 11:40am by a special flight.

It will be the first Bangladesh visit by a Chinese president in 30 years since the then president Li Xiannian came to Dhaka in March 1986.

His visit is being viewed as another milestone in the “time-tested brotherly” relations between the two nations since they established diplomatic ties in 1975.

Xi, who visited Bangladesh in June 2010 as vice-president, will come to Bangladesh from Cambodia, where he was on an official visit, before going to India to attend BRICS (Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa) Summit in Goa on October 15-16.

In a formal announcement, Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali yesterday said the visit would steer a “historic new journey” towards opening up a “new horizon'” in relations between the two countries.

“This visit reflects the symbol of Bangladesh-China friendship… It'll set in a historic new journey through opening up a new horizon in the two countries' economic relations,” he told a press briefing at the ministry.

During Xi's visit, Bangladesh and China will sign over 25 agreements and MoUs in the areas of economic cooperation, trade, investment, power and energy, information communication, road-bridge, railway, road and waterway, agriculture and others, he added.

A 13-member high-power delegation will accompany the Chinese president. They include two important members of Political Bureau of the Central Committee of Communist Party of China Wang Huning and Li Zhanshu, State Councilor Yang Jiechi, Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Minister of National Development and Reform Commission Xu Shaoshi, Finance Minister Lou Jiwei, Commerce Minister Gao Hucheng and Governor of the People's Bank of China Zhou Xiaochuan.

Bilateral trade between the two countries topped $10.45 billion in 2015-2016, while China has emerged as the biggest source of import for Bangladesh since 2007.

A Chinese diplomat in Dhaka told The Daily Star that the foreign direct investment by China in Bangladesh can witness a phenomenal boost when the special economic zone would be in place for Chinese investors.

He said China has taken Bangladesh as an important cooperative partner in South Asia and the Indian Ocean region and will, together with Bangladesh, keep high-level exchanges, and expand cooperation in trade, production capacity, energy development, infrastructure construction and other key fields.

China is the largest defence hardware supplier to Bangladesh, so discussions on enhancement of defence cooperation will be on the agenda as well. The two sides will also discuss regional and international developments, and will agree to make coordinated efforts for peace and security in the region, diplomatic sources said.

The Chinese president is prepared and willing to help strengthen Bangladesh's capacity to fight terrorism and is likely to offer technological support to advance Bangladesh's “zero tolerance policy” towards extremism, they added.

As China is a friend and partner of Bangladesh with huge potentials, a foreign ministry official said, Bangladesh is planning to pair its resources and economic ambitions with the rise of China and seek from China funds, technology, management skills, market access and capabilities to build on existing platforms in defence, agriculture, industry, communications and water resources.

India would closely watch Xi's visit, said diplomatic sources in Dhaka and New Delhi.

“We are trying to figure out how much deeper relations between Dhaka and Beijing will go," said an Indian diplomat in Delhi. “The Chinese president's visit is taking place after the visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on June 6-7 last year, so we have an interest to see what China offers Bangladesh.”

Replying to a question in this regard, the foreign minister said the Chinese president's visit would not affect relations with other countries, including that with India. “We don't want enmity with anybody. We'll proceed with protecting the country's interest following our foreign policy -- friendship with all, malice towards none.”

China, like the US, had sided with the Yahya Khan-led Pakistani military junta during Bangladesh's 1971 Liberation War, but subsequently built a steady relation during Ziaur Rahman and HM Ershad's military rule.

“Bangladesh's location in between South Asia and Southeast Asia is highly important,” said a Chinese diplomat in Dhaka, adding that China also had a very positive attitude to connectivity and projects relating to road and rail between the two countries to boost trade and economic cooperation.

Foreign ministry officials said the ties between Bangladesh and China embarked on a fast track of development since the two nations forged the “Closer Comprehensive Partnership of Cooperation” during the official visit of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to China in 2010.

The two countries established a comprehensive cooperative partnership featuring long-term friendship, equality and mutual benefit in April 2005 during Chinese PM Wen Jiabao's visit to Bangladesh.

Dhaka-Beijing diplomatic relations were established on October 4, 1975, and Ziaur Rahman was the first Bangladesh head of state to visit China in January 1977 as the Chief Martial Law Administrator.

President Zia again visited China in July 1980 when the two countries signed agreements covering loans and aviation transport.

From 1982 to 1990, President HM Ershad paid five visits to China -- in November 1982, July 1985, July 1987, November 1988 and June 1990.

Khaleda Zia and Sheikh Hasina each visited China six times.

Talking to The Daily Star, a senior diplomat of a European country in Dhaka said mutual trust between Bangladesh and China was ever deepening in recent years while the two countries had increasingly mature dialogue mechanisms.

People-to-people exchanges are also flourishing. Recent years have seen a significant rise in the numbers of Bangladeshi students in China while many Chinese students are learning Bangla.

In addition, North South University has set up a Confucius Institute while there is a classroom named after Confucius at Shanto-Mariam University. Besides, Brac University and Independent University of Bangladesh have Chinese language courses.

The number of tourists visiting each others' country has also increased greatly.

Ahead of Xi's visit, major roads in the capital have been decorated with colourful lights and flags of Bangladesh and China.

Two Bangladesh Air Force Jet Fighters will escort the Chinese president's aircraft as soon as it enters the Bangladesh airspace.

Upon landing, he will be accorded a red-carpet welcome and a 21-gun salute at the VVIP terminal of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, where he will also be given a guard of honour.

He will be received at the airport by President Abdul Hamid.

PROGRAMME SCHEDULE
Xi will leave the airport at 12:00pm for Hotel Le Meridien, where he will stay.

Hasina will receive the Chinese president at the Prime Minister's Office and they will hold a tete-a-tete from 3:00pm to 3:10pm.

Then the two sides will hold delegation-level talks from 3:10pm to 4:00pm where the Chinese president and the Bangladesh PM will lead their sides.

The talks will be followed by signing of agreements and MoUs.

The two leaders will then make press statements at 4:10pm.

Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury will call on the Chinese president at Le Meridien at 4:35pm for a 20-minute meeting.

According to diplomatic and BNP sources, Khaleda Zia will call on Xi around 5:00pm at the hotel.

After the meetings, the Chinese president will go to the Bangabhaban to meet his Bangladesh counterpart Abdul Hamid at 6:30pm.

He will attend a state banquet to be hosted by the Bangladesh president from 7:00pm-8:30pm.

On Saturday, Xi will leave the hotel for the National Memorial in Savar at 8:20pm.

Housing and Public Works Minister Mosharraf Hossain, Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Huq and the General Commanding Officer of the 9th infantry division will receive him there at 8:55am.

The Chinese president will lay a wreath there in memory of the 1971 war martyrs, sign the visitors' book and plant a sapling.

He will reach the airport straight from Savar and leave for Goa, India, at 10:00am tomorrow by the special VVIP flight.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will see him off at the airport.

 

[Michael Corleone]

I wonder which jets... it is gonna be the Munir tin? Or is it gonna be Cuban cigars or is it gonna be the pesky little masi xD

 

[Species]

I wonder which jets... it is gonna be the Munir tin? Or is it gonna be Cuban cigars or is it gonna be the pesky little masi xD

May be the F-7BGI as they are made in China.

 

[Chinese-Dragon]

$60 billion is a pretty nice sum in one visit.

When it comes to infrastructure in developing countries, the more spending the better.

 

[idune]

because he is coming with around $60 billion deal, $40 as lend and $20 as investment

for awami propaganda galore, sure....lets compare the results once awami propaganda dust settles.awami league rejected duty free market access to China harming billions worth of Bangladeshi export. But loan is good for awami league because that is where awami looting chief Sajeeb wajed Joy and his mother can loot more.

$60 billion is a pretty nice sum in one visit.

When it comes to infrastructure in developing countries, the more spending the better.

that is what you get from awami regime propaganda. This illegal regime is using Chinese goodwill and investment as showpiece and to hide its illegal existence.

 

[Jlaw]

for awami propaganda galore, sure....lets compare the results once awami propaganda dust settles.awami league rejected duty free market access to China harming billions worth of Bangladeshi export. But loan is good for awami league because that is where awami looting chief Sajeeb wajed Joy and his mother can loot more.



that is what you get from awami regime propaganda. This illegal regime is using Chinese goodwill and investment as showpiece and to hide its illegal existence.

can you elaborate as Chinese don't understand BD's internal politics

 

[Nilgiri]

can you elaborate as Chinese don't understand BD's internal politics

No one does. Not even BD people lol.