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Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming on Thursday said his country is trying to expedite the Rohingya repatriation efforts through holding talks with Bangladesh and Myanmar.
China always remains beside Bangladesh when it faces any problem, said Ambassador Li while attending a function at Cox’s Bazar Sadar Hospital.
Ambassador Li noted that China has been playing a role of “mediator” between Bangladesh and Myanmar during the past five years since the latest crisis happened in Rakhine State of Myanmar and has been working with relevant stakeholders, including UNHCR, to facilitate the early repatriation of the displaced people. The Chinese envoy said throughout the Covid pandemic China has stood beside Bangladesh with necessary assistance and it will continue to do so for developing the country’s medical sector.
He said Cox’s Bazar is a significant location across the globe, so its Sadar Hospital also bears great importance.
Ambassador Li handed over medical equipment - bio-chemistry analyzers, dental chairs, light cure machines and centrifuge machines - to 250-bed District Sadar Hospital in Cox’s Bazar as gift.
Cox’s Bazar Medical College Dean Professor Dr Anupam Barua accepted the equipment on behalf of the hospital.
Member of Parliament Shaimum Sarwar Kamal and Deputy Commissioner of Cox’s Bazar District Md. Mamunur Rashid, Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner Shar Rezwan Hayat also attended and addressed the ceremony.
Ambassador Li first extended his sincerest wishes for the upcoming holy Eid-ul-Fitr and said that the Bangladesh government and people, though with its own limited resources, had generously hosted more than a million displaced people from Myanmar.
“This has imposed heavy medical burden on the local health resources. Today, the Embassy of China in Bangladesh donates a bunch of badly-needed medical equipment as a good will of the Chinese Government and people,” he said.
