Staff Reporter:
Minister of the International Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee Liu Haixing yesterday paid tribute to Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman and former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia by placing wreaths at their graves in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar in the capital.
Liu laid the wreaths at the mausoleums around 8:30 am, marking the beginning of his engagements during his three-day visit to Bangladesh, said Prime Minister’s Deputy Press Secretary Zahidul Islam Rony.
Liu was accompanied by BNP Acting Secretary General and Prime Minister’s Adviser on Political and Industries Affairs Advocate Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, BNP Vice Chairman Air Vice Marshal (retd) Altaf Hossain Chowdhury, BNP Joint Secretaries General Khairul Kabir Khokon and Advocate Abdus Salam Azad, and Prime Minister’s Protocol Officer Kamrul Islam, among others.
Liu arrived in Dhaka at 11:00 pm on Tuesday on an Emirates Airlines flight for a three-day visit to Bangladesh.
During the visit, he is scheduled to meet President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and Prime Minister Tarique Rahman. He will also attend a political dialogue and programs focusing on Bangladesh-China relations.
A roundtable discussion titled ‘Where History Illuminates the Future: China-Bangladesh Political Parties Plus’ and the inauguration of the Bangladesh-China Centre for Party and State Governance Studies are also on his itinerary.
Following his engagements in Dhaka, Liu is scheduled to leave Bangladesh on Thursday.
