Bangladesh Joins China-Pakistan Cooperation Framework

Chinese Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong (C), Bangladeshi Acting Foreign Secretary Ruhul Alam Siddique (L) and Pakistani Additional Secretary (Asia Pacific) Imran Ahmed Siddiqui in Kunming on 19 June 2025. Image: Chinese Foreign Ministry

China solidified its triangular relationship with Pakistan and Bangladesh at a meeting late last week. Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong met with Bangladesh’s Acting Foreign Secretary Ruhul Alam Siddique and Pakistan’s Additional Foreign Secretary for Asia-Pacific Imran Ahmed Siddiqui on the sidelines of the China-South Asia Expo in Kunming, Yunnan Province.

The meeting solidified a new trilateral framework for cooperation between the countries. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun outlined its terms:

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