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Chinese President Xi Jinping has congratulated Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on her election victory, a spokesperson of the Chinese Embassy in Dhaka said.
In the congratulatory message sent Sheikh Hasina on Thursday, the Chinese president said on behalf of the government and people of China and his own, "I would like to extend to you my warm congratulations and best wishes".
Xi Jinping pointed out that China and Bangladesh are neighbours with long-established friendship.
“Over the past 49 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations, the two countries have always respected each other, treated each other equally, and achieved mutual benefit and win-win results.”
“China and Bangladesh firmly support each other on issues that bear on each other's core interests, and jointly pursue the development and revitalization of each country, bringing tangible benefits to the two peoples,” he added.
Xi expected that China and Bangladesh would make joint efforts to further implement the important consensus he reached with the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Johannesburg, South Africa, last August, to uplift the China-Bangladesh strategic partnership of cooperation to a new height.
On the same day, Chinese Premier of State Council Li Qiang sent a congratulatory message to Sheikh Hasina on her re-election as Prime Minister of Bangladesh, saying China and Bangladesh are close neighbours with long-established friendship and development partners of close cooperation.
In recent years, China and Bangladesh have deepened political mutual trust and achieved fruitful results in Belt and Road cooperation, he added.
Li said he stands ready to work with the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to promote the bilateral friendly and mutually beneficial cooperation, further develop China-Bangladesh Strategic Partnership of Cooperation, so as to better benefit the two countries and two peoples.
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