Dhaka to open consulates at Chicago, Sydney
Chinese parliament speaker may visit Dhaka late next month
Staff Correspondent
The government plans to set up two new consulates at Chicago and Sydney, considering the commercial importance of the cities and presence of huge expatriate Bangla-deshis, foreign ministry sources said.The new consulate will raise the number of missions in the US to four. There are two consulates at New York and Los Angeles apart from the embassy at Washington. Bangladesh has a sole mission at Canberra, capital of Australia. The new consulate will be opened at commercial city of Sydney. Over 10,000 Bangladeshis currently live in Australia. The new consulates are likely to start functioning in January next. Meanwhile, foreign ministry sources said Speaker of People's Congress of China Zia King Lin is likely to visit Bangladesh in the last week of November this year. An advance team will come to Dhaka soon to finalise the visit. The Chinese ambassador in Dhaka called on Foreign Minister M Morshed Khan Tuesday and discussed the upcoming visit. The visit is expected to strengthen the relations between the two nations, as the speaker ranks third in the warrant of precedence of the government of China, sources said.
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