China is ready to work with Bangladesh to further promote the bilateral relations of friendship and cooperation in all fields, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said in New York on Thursday.

Yang made the statement as he was meeting with Bangladeshi Foreign Minister Dipu Moni on the sidelines of the high-level UN conference on the world financial and economic crisis and its impact on development, which opened here on Wednesday and is to end on Friday.

During the meeting, Yang told his Bangladeshis counterpart that China and Bangladesh are friendly and close neighbors, the Chinese government attaches great importance to the Sino-Bangladeshi relations, and it is China's adamantine policy to strengthen and develop the relations of friendship and cooperation with Bangladesh.

China is willing to work with Bangladesh to further expand the bilateral cooperation in political, economic and trade, agricultural and cultural fields, the Chinese foreign minister said.

In return, Moni said that Bangladesh and China enjoyed relations of friendship and cooperation for a long time, and Bangladeshi sees China as its close friend and cooperation partner.

Bangladesh and China have frequent exchanges at all levels, and the bilateral cooperation has made great achievements, she said, adding that her country will work with China to promote the bilateral ties to a new level.

(Xinhua News Agency June 26, 2009)