Chinese defence minister suspends visit to Dhaka

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Chinese defence minister suspends visit to Dhaka
He could not say for sure if the suspension of Wei Fenghe's visit was related to the fact that Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam and Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen are currently Covid-19 positive.


Chinese Defence Minister Gen Wei Fenghe has suspended his visit to Dhaka that was scheduled for this week.

"The visit will take place at a mutually convenient time. Suspension of the Chinese minister's visit is not anything extraordinary. This can happen," a foreign ministry official told The Daily Star today.

Asked for the agenda of Wei Fenghe's visit, he said an agenda was not specified, however, defence cooperation is generally an issue as Bangladesh buys major military hardware from China.

The Chinese minister visited Nepal on Sunday, in the highest level visit from China since Chinese President Xi Jinping came to Nepal in October last year on a two-day visit, Kathmandu Post reported.

During his daylong stay in Kathmandu, Wei called on Nepal's Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, paid a courtesy call on President Bidya Devi Bhandari, and held talks with Chief of the Nepal Army, General Purna Chandra Thapa.


The high-level visit from China, two days after Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla's Nepal visit concluded on Friday, came when the ruling Nepal Communist Party is mired in an internal conflict.

Quoting sources, Kathmandu Post reported, Wei will visit Bangladesh and Pakistan after completing his Nepal visit.

A Bangladesh foreign ministry source said it was not confirmed that the Chinese minister's visit to Dhaka would take place immediately after his Nepal visit.

He could not say for sure if the suspension of Wei Fenghe's visit was related to the fact that Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam and Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen are currently Covid-19 positive.

Chinese defence minister puts off visit to Bangladesh

Chinese Defence Minister Gen Wei Fenghe has suspended his visit to Dhaka that was scheduled for this week

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[siegecrossbow]

In b4 Bahkt fake news.

 

[undercover JIX]

Chini moaning because of on going virtual romance between Hasina and Modi.... but dont know why Chinese are worried, Modi left his wife for RSS men, and now Modi is famous for having 56"
Chini can still try they are into Hasina types.

 

[Michael Corleone]

Funny coming from IMF beggars

 

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Top Bangladesh foreign affairs figures test positive for Covid-19


Days before a scheduled summit between Prime Ministers of India and Bangladesh, coronavirus infection among the top members of the foreign policy team in Dhaka has led to the cancellation of Foreign Secretary-level talks that were to be held on Tuesday in New Delhi, diplomatic sources said.


Bangladesh Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen, who was to arrive in Delhi for a two-day visit on Tuesday, had to cancel his meeting with his Indian counterpart Harsh Vardhan Shringla because of the ailment.

“Both Masud Bin Momen and Foreign Minister Dr A.K. Abdul Momen have been unwell for sometime because of COVID-19 infection. That is why the Foreign Secretary failed to travel for the pre-summit discussion. The main summit, a virtual event between Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is expected to take place on December 17”, said a source from Bangladesh familiar with the planning of the summit.

Coronavirus | Top Bangladesh foreign affairs figures test positive for Covid-19

Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen cancels meeting with Shringla in New Delhi.

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