Visit of Chinese Vice Foreign Minister to Bangladesh postponed

DHAKA, Dec. 27 (NsNewsWire) — Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin’s visit to Dhaka has been postponed as Bad weather disrupts flight services from southwestern Chinese city of Kunming .
“I am sorry to inform u that H.E. Liu Zhenmin’s visit to Bangldesh has to be postponed due to flight cancellationn,” Ye Wei, Political Attache of the Embassy of the P.R. of China in Bangladesh, said Friday night in a latter to media.

He said, “H.E. Liu Zhenmin is supposed to arrive at Dhaka by MU2035, which will stop by Kunming. However,the Kunming Airport was closed due to heavy fog and could not provide service till tomorrow afternoon. Therefore, all the flights of Kunming airport are cancelled.”

“Due to short notice of the cancellation, we could not arrange another flight for Mr. Liu and we have no choice but to postpone the visit.
If there is any further information about Mr. Liu’s visit to Bangladesh ,I will keep u informed.”
It was not known immediately whether the postponement came in the light of worsening political situation ahead of main opposition’s march towards Dhaka program slated for Dec. 29.

The Chinese vice-foreign minister Liu Zhenmin was all set to arrive on a two-day visit to Bangladesh on Saturday.