China offers training for young AL leaders

The offer was made during a meeting with Awami League President Sheikh Hasina at the Great Hall in Beijing yesterday afternoon, according to a message received in Dhaka.

Hasina, now on a weeklong visit to Beijing at the invitation of the Communist Party of China (CPC), gladly accepted the offer. She told the Chinese leader that she has appointed relatively young leaders to the party leadership through its last council.

The AL chief said she wants to train up her party leaders and workers so that they could engage themselves in development works.

The Chinese leader recalled that Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who visited China in 1952, had got deep feeling of friendship for the Chinese people. So China gives importance to the relation with Awami League and Bangladesh.

"A deeper relation between Bangladesh Awami League and Communist Party of China means deeper relation with Bangladesh," Ku was quoted as saying.

In reply, Hasina said politics of Awami League is aimed at the wellbeing of the people. "We are happy over the development of Chinese people and we want to develop ourselves taking lessons from Chinese experiences and successes".

The two leaders agreed on undertaking frequent visits to strengthen the bilateral relations between Dhaka and Beijing. U Pan Ku visited Bangladesh in 1997.

Earlier in the day, Hasina had a one and a half hours' meeting with CPC Vice Minister for International Affairs Ci Wu at Beijing Hotel and discussed matters of mutual interest.