A cross-country car rally among Bangladesh, India, Myanmar and China will be held next year with a view to establishing regional communication and strengthening mutual cooperation.
The route of the car rally has already been finalised starting from Kunming of China via Dhaka and Sylhet of Bangladesh to be ended in Kolkata of India.
Communications Minister Syed Abul Hossain disclosed this at a meeting at Rail Bhaban in the city yesterday.
A delegation from Yunnan Province of China, led by Mi Dongsheng, director general of Development and Reformed Commission of the Province, attended the meeting.
Speakers at the meeting emphasised development of regional communication, particularly on rail and road and discussed various strategic aspects of establishing rail and road communications between Bangladesh and China via Myanmar.
Syed Abul in his speech said the proposed car rally would strengthen the potential of the concerted efforts in various new sectors in the upcoming days, alongside establishing regional communications and mutual cooperation among the countries.
Describing China as a friendly country of Bangladesh, Syed Abul said there is ample scope to further strengthen the bilateral relations. Both countries would be benefited from communication between Kunming and Chittagong, he hoped.
