Liu Haixing, Minister of the International Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, who is visiting Bangladesh, today paid tribute at the mausoleums of Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman and former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia.

He laid wreaths at their graves at Zia Udyan in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar in the capital on Wednesday morning.

After placing the wreaths, the Chinese Communist Party leader stood in silence for a while in remembrance of Shaheed Ziaur Rahman and Begum Khaleda Zia.

BNP Acting Secretary General Advocate Ruhul Kabir Rizvi welcomed the Chinese delegation and highlighted the longstanding friendly relations and diplomatic cooperation between Bangladesh and China.

Among those present were BNP Vice-Chairman Air Vice Marshal (retd) Altaf Hossain Chowdhury, Joint Secretaries General Khairul Kabir Khokon and Advocate Abdus Salam Azad, and senior officials of the Chinese Embassy in Dhaka.