'Bilateral ties will be damaged if Bangladesh joins Quad', China threatens Bangladesh!

Beijing, May 12: China continuing its aggressive actions against other countries has now threatened Bangladesh saying that if it takes part in Indo-Pacific Quad, the bilateral ties between China and Bangladesh will get strained.

 

Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming said Bangladesh should not join the "Quad", and that Bangladesh's relations with China will "substantially be damaged" if it joins it, according to a local report.

 

 

Calling the Quad or Quadrilateral Security Dialogue "a narrow purposed geopolitical clique", Li said, "We do not want any form of participation of Bangladesh in this alliance.” He also added that China views the Quad as a "military alliance aimed against China’s resurgence and its relationship with neighbouring countries".

 

 

The Chinese Ambassador said that Bangladesh would not draw any benefit from joining the Quad, and advised it to refrain from any sort of participation in the group. “History has proved again and again such partnership surely damages our neighbours’ own social, economic development and people’s wellbeing,” Li said.

 

The envoy said that this message had been conveyed to the Sheikh Hasina government by the Chinese defence minister Wei Fenghe when he visited last week. The official communique during Wei’s visit had mentioned China’s discomfort against military alliances, stating that it would lead to “hegemonism”, which analysts claimed as a reference to India.

 

 

Quad is a strategic alliance comprising India, the United States, Australia and Japan. It is formed to safeguarding the Indo-Pacific region. On the other hand, China's aggressive actions have been increased in the region most importantly in the South China Sea and in the Greater Himalayan region.

 

Besides these countries, countries like Indonesia, the Philippines, Taiwan, Japan and several other nations have reported incidents of intrusions by the Chinese vessels.