Bangladesh: China urges Bangladesh to reject ‘Cold War mentality and bloc politics’

DHAKA, 03 June 2022, (TON): China has urged Bangladesh to uphold independence and reject the Cold War mentality and bloc politics.

According to a June 2 press release “the remarks were made by Liu Jinsong, the director general of the Department of Asian Affairs of the Foreign Ministry of China when Bangladeshi ambassador to China Mahbub Uz Zaman met him.”

Liu Jinsong’s comment came a year after China's Ambassador to Bangladeshi Li Jiming’s urge to Bangladesh not to join the Quad alliance, an alliance comprising India, the United State, Japan and Australia.

The June 2 release of Chinese foreign ministry quoted Liu Jinsong as saying “the release ‘China believes that countries in the region, including Bangladesh, will bear in mind the fundamental interests of their own countries and the region, uphold independence, reject the Cold War mentality and bloc politics, safeguard true multilateralism and defend the hard-won environment for peace and development in the region.”

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