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Published on June 7, 2014
He also put emphasis on enhancing people-to-people contact, saying his provincial government would give importance to promote tourism between the two countries and create opportunities for Bangladeshi students for study in Kunming.
The governor said this at a meeting with Sheikh Hasina at her hotel suite here this evening.
PM's Press Secretary AKM Shamim Chowdhury briefed reporters after the meeting. Foreign Secretary Shahidul Haq was present.
The Prime Minister requested the Yunnan governor for quick execution of the project for construction of road from Kunming to Chittagong via Myanmar.
The governor said Bangladeshi goods have a big market in Kunming. "The provincial government would take measures for easy marketing of the Bangladeshi goods in Yunnan to reduce trade gap between the two countries," he said.
Later, the Prime Minister joined a banquet hosted in her honour by the Yunnan governor.
Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed, PM's Advisor HT Imam, Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam, and PM's Media Advisor Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury, among others, were present.
-Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS)
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