China today appreciated Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s response to US sanction against Bangladesh’s elite anti-crime Rapid Action Battalion (RAB).
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said this at a regular press conference in Beijing on Wednesday.
“Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina spoke not just the strong position of the Bangladeshi people, but also the mind of large part of the international community, especially the developing world,” Chinese foreign office spokesperson Wang Wenbin told journalists in Beijing responding to a question.
“Indeed, while turning a blind eye to its own racial discrimination, gun violence and drug proliferation problems, a certain country has long been interfering in the internal affairs of Bangladesh and many other developing countries under the pretext of democracy and human rights,” Wang said.
“We firmly support Bangladesh in safeguarding its sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity, upholding independent domestic and foreign policies, and pursuing a development path that suits its national realities,” read the statement, quoting Wang as saying.
He added: “We stand ready to work together with Bangladesh and other countries to oppose all forms of hegemonism and power politics, uphold the UN-centered international system, the international order underpinned by international law and the basic norms governing international relations based on the purposes and principles of the UN Charter, and build a community with a shared future for mankind.”
