Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen on Tuesday said China is willing to strengthen exchanges and cooperation with all sectors of Bangladesh, including the military, to help Bangladesh achieve better development.

Delivering a lecture at the National Defence College of Bangladesh, he said China is committed to working with the international community, including Bangladesh, to champion an equal and orderly multi-polar world and a universally beneficial and inclusive economic globalisation.

“Hegemony, expansion or spheres of influence find no place in Chinese dictionary,” he said, adding that China advocates the establishment of a security concept that emphasises a common, comprehensive, cooperative and sustainable approach.

Ambassador Yao laid emphasis on advancing the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative and the Global Civilization Initiative (GCI) and striving toward building a community with a shared future for mankind.

He said China has consistently adhered to a friendly policy of good-neighborliness toward all Bangladeshi people and firmly advanced the development of China-Bangladesh relations.

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Acting Commandant of NDC Rear Admiral AKM Jakir Hossain, together with more than 100 officers of Bangladeshi Armed Forces and representatives of foreign militaries, were present at the lecture.

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Ambassador Yao said that 2025 is a significant milestone, marking the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War.

At the end of the lecture, Ambassador Yao had friendly interactions with the audience on the Belt and Road Initiative, Indo-Pacific Strategy, BRICS and the Rohingya issue.