BEIJING — Premier Li Keqiang sent a congratulatory message on March 26 to his Bangladeshi counterpart, Sheikh Hasina, on the occasion of the 45th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh.

In the message, Premier Li noted that the China-Bangladesh relations have enjoyed a sound momentum of development, saying bilateral pragmatic cooperation in all fields has been constantly scoring new progress.

China stands ready to work with Bangladesh to further expand friendly exchanges and cooperation of mutual benefit so as to raise the ever-closer China-Bangladesh comprehensive partnership of cooperation to a new level.