China will widen duty-free access for Bangladeshi items up to 95 percent to boost trade relations between the two countries and reducing the trade gap, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said yesterday.Yi spoke at a meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the conference building of the UN headquarters in New York on Tuesday.Hasina is now in New York on an eight-day official visit to attend the 68th session of the United Nations General Assembly.PM’s Deputy Press Secretary Bijan Lal Dev briefed reporters after the meeting.
Hasina said Bangladesh always values the friendship and cooperation with the neighbouring countries, especially with China, as it is a big economic power.Hasina said both Bangladesh and China could work together for the development of the people of the region.She also said the party-to-party relationship between the two countries is also good.He also said Hasina that China would discuss with the authorities of India, Myanmar and Bangladesh next month to move ahead with a project relating to economic corridor.Foreign Minister Dipu Moni, Ambassador at-Large M Ziauddin, PM’s Media Adviser Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury and Bangladesh’s permanent representative to the UN AK Abdul Momen were also present.
Hasina said Bangladesh always values the friendship and cooperation with the neighbouring countries, especially with China, as it is a big economic power.Hasina said both Bangladesh and China could work together for the development of the people of the region.She also said the party-to-party relationship between the two countries is also good.He also said Hasina that China would discuss with the authorities of India, Myanmar and Bangladesh next month to move ahead with a project relating to economic corridor.Foreign Minister Dipu Moni, Ambassador at-Large M Ziauddin, PM’s Media Adviser Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury and Bangladesh’s permanent representative to the UN AK Abdul Momen were also present.
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