Liu Haixing, Minister of the International Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee on Wednesday paid tribute to Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman and former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia at their graves at Zia Udyan in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar on Wednesday morning.

After laying the wreaths, the Chinese Communist Party leader stood in silence for a while in remembrance of Ziaur Rahman and 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.

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 were also present.