No discussion regarding CA’s China visit, says Foreign Adviser after his bilateral tour

Dhaka, 26 Jan  - Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Sunday said there was no discussion regarding Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus’ China visit during his recent bilateral visit to China, stressing that Dhaka is not in a hurry on that.

“To tell you the truth, there was no discussion about it because we’re not in a hurry,” he said when a reporter drew his attention regarding media reports on the Chief Adviser’s visit to China.

The Adviser, who paid a bilateral visit to China recently, talked to reporters at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

He said Kunming, China, may be an alternative to India for medical treatment where medical expenses and travel costs there are comparatively low.

Praising Bangladesh’s good track record in loan repayment, China on Tuesday "agreed in principle" to extend the loan repayment period and assured to look into the request of the interest rate reduction.

Foreign Adviser Hossain, during his meeting with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Beijing on Tuesday, requested China to reduce interest rate from 2-3% to 1%, waive commitment fee and extend loan repayment period from 20 years to 30 years for both the Preferential Buyer’s Credit (PBC) loan and Government Concessional Loan (GCL).

The Chinese Foreign Minister also assured to continue DFQF access of Bangladeshi products to the Chinese market for 3 years after the LDC graduation.