multilateral ties through consultationsDOT Desk: Bangladesh and China, for the first time ever, held official consultations on multilateral human rights issues to enhance the existing cooperation in the areas of human rights, especially under the auspices of the UN Human Rights Council, reports The Daily Star.
The two sides also discussed the situation of forcibly displaced Rohingya people, in the consultation in Dhaka yesterday. China’s Special Representative for Human Rights of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Yang Xiaokun led the Chinese delegation, while Toufiq Islam Shatil, director general (UN wing at the foreign ministry), led the Bangladesh side. Yang Xiaokun also called on Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen. The two sides exchanged views on their national human rights philosophy and achievements, ongoing developments and mutual cooperation on human rights in the UN multilateral framework.
China and Bangladesh expressed their principled position of maintaining a strong adherence to the UN Charter and expressed willingness to continue such consultations in future with the view to enhance multilateral cooperation.