China congratulates Alamgir on his election as Bangladesh president

BEIJING, Aug 21: China on Friday congratulated Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on his election as the President of Bangladesh saying that it values relations with Dhaka. The 78-year-old longtime secretary general of the ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and a close ally of former premier Khaleda Zia was on Thursday elected as the country’s president. “China congratulates Alamgir on his election as the president of Bangladesh,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said in a media briefing. “China values its relations with Bangladesh, and stands ready to work with the Bangladeshi government to deliver on the important common understandings between…