China's special envoy for Asian Affairs Sun Guoxiang has arrived in Dhaka on a three-day visit to, what a foreign ministry official says, discuss the Myanmar crisis.
Published : 24 Apr 2017, 11:03 PM
He arrived in Dhaka on Monday and would leave on Thursday, a spokesperson at the Chinese embassy in Dhaka confirmed to bdnews24.com.
During the stay, Ambassador Guoxiang will meet the foreign ministry’s director generals for UN and Southeast Asia wing. He will also call on Foreign Secretary Md Shahidul Haque.
Bangladesh has given shelter to hundreds of thousands of Myanmar nationals who have fled violence in the Rakhine state.
However, China and Russia have vetoed a United Nations Security Council move to issue a statement expressing concern over the violence last month.