Bangladesh China friendship

Our Foreign Minister Morshed Khan has rightly reasserted that Bangladesh has no reason to deviate from its 'One China' policy. It is surprising that the chief of BOI has said that he did not require any consultation with our foreign ministry before permitting a Taiwanese establishment in Dhaka. The misunderstanding between Bangladesh and China that has been created due to setting up of a Taiwanese trade centre in Dhaka appears to be attributable to lack of knowledge and experience of the BOI chief. We understand that even an ordinary class II government officer knows it very well that as per government service rules and regulations, discipline and conduct rules, a government servant cannot make any direct correspondence or contact, nor receive any gift or award from a foreign country except through proper channel-- Ministry of Foreign Affairs. We do neither recognise Taiwan, nor do we have any diplomatic relations with Taiwan. It is not clear how could BOI permit Taiwan setting up a trade centre in Dhaka without getting necessary clearance from our Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

We would request our Ministry of Foreign Affairs to take up the matter with the prime minister to settle it amicably with the foreign ministry of China in the greater interest of friendly relations between the two countries.