Bangladesh-China Home Minister-level meeting begins in city

A Home Minister-level meeting between Bangladesh and China is in progress here on Friday to discuss ways to strengthen security cooperation between the two countries.

The two countries are focusing on the possible areas of cooperation at the working meeting that began at the Secretariat around 10am, a senior official told UNB.

The two countries are likely to sign a number of documents, including an agreement on law enforcement training cooperation between the two countries.

Chinese Minister and Party Committee Secretary of the Ministry of Public Security Zhao Kezhi and Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan are leading the two sides at the meeting.

Before the bilateral meeting, the Chinese Minister was given guard of honor in presence of his Bangladesh counterpart Asaduzzaman Khan.

The Chinese Minister arrived here on Thursday on a three-day visit to attend the meeting.

He met Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday evening.

This is the highest-level visit so far from China this year.

The bilateral relations between Bangladesh and China elevated to the 'Strategic Partnership of Cooperation', which maintains a new momentum of cooperation between the armed forces of the two nations, said the Chinese side.

Source: unb