{"id":150272,"date":"2023-03-21T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mediaintel.asia\/?p=915483"},"modified":"2023-03-21T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T00:00:00","slug":"bangladesh-careful-about-chinese-loans-prime-minister-hasina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chinalegalblog.com\/en\/2023\/03\/21\/bangladesh-careful-about-chinese-loans-prime-minister-hasina\/","title":{"rendered":"Bangladesh careful about Chinese loans: Prime Minister Hasina"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Tuesday that her government was \u201cvery much careful\u201d about issues of development partnership with China and Dhaka was not dependent on any particular country for overseas assistance, amid global concerns over mounting debt to Beijing by smaller countries.
\nThe 99-year lease of Hambantota port to China by Sri Lanka has raised red flags about the downside of China\u2019s ambitious Belt and Road Initiative and Beijing\u2019s push for major infrastructure projects costing billions of dollars in small countries.
\n\u201cWe\u2019re very much careful about taking loans \u2013 mostly we take loans from institutions like the World Bank and Asian Development Bank. From China, our loan is very low. It is not like Sri Lanka or anybody,\u201d she said in an interview with CNN.
\n\u201cWe\u2019re not depending on anybody,\u201d Hasina, who is also the President of the ruling Awami League, said.
\nWhen asked why the US thought Dhaka was getting closer to China and what she would like to say about the notion, the prime minister replied Bangladesh was close to every country which supports its development efforts.
\n\u201cWe\u2019re close to everybody, China, USA or India. Those who are supporting our development, we\u2019re with them,\u201d the 75-year-old prime minister said.
\nHasina described China as one of Bangladesh\u2019s major development partners as they were investing and engaged in some major construction works in the South Asian country. \u201cThat\u2019s all,\u201d she said.
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\nHasina added that her government did not take any unnecessary loan from anyone, saying \u201cwe consider from which project we can get a return and we will be the beneficiary\u201d.
\nNumerous questions regarding Ukraine and the Rohingya crisis featured in her interview with CNN when she said intensified global steps were needed to stop the Ukraine war.
\n\u201cI feel that the world should come forward to stop the war as the common people are suffering,\u201d she said.
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\nHasina said any conflict could be solved through dialogue and \u201cwe (Bangladesh) never support any kind of invasion or any conflict\u201d.
\n\u201cFriendship to all, malice to none,\u201d she said. \u201cWe\u2019re following that, so, when we see any human rights violation or invasion, we definitely oppose it.\u201d She, however, said no war could be one-sided alone as it needs the involvement of both sides. \u201c(but) I believe each country has its own rights to live in their own territory (with freedom) and protect their own territory.\u201d Asked what Bangladesh needs from the international community to deal with the Rohingya crisis, Hasina said, \u201cwe have called upon the international community that they should pressure Myanmar to bring their citizens back to their country\u201d.
\n\u201cNot only that, but we have also started a dialogue with Myanmar. (But) unfortunately, they are not responding properly,\u201d she said.
\nThe premier went on to say that her government had already talked to China, ASEAN countries, Japan, the USA and others countries and requested them to put pressure on Myanmar to bring their nationals back.
\n\u201cUnfortunately, the Myanmar government is not listening to anybody. That is the problem,\u201d she said.
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\nNearly one million Rohingya Muslims fled a crackdown by Myanmar\u2019s military in 2017 in Rakhine state and are living in camps in Cox\u2019s Bazar in Bangladesh.<\/p>\n

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