China has backed Bangladesh’s participation in BRICS and its application to become a partner of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), while reaffirming support for the Teesta river project and asserting that the cooperation is “not targeted at any third party” amid concerns in India. The announcements came in a joint communiqué issued after Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s five-day visit to China, during which he held talks with President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Qiang. The two sides agreed to elevate their Comprehensive Strategic Cooperative Partnership to a “China-Bangladesh community with a shared future in the new era”, strengthen defence…
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