On September 16, 2008, Chinese President Hu Jintao met at the Great Hall of the People respectively with Fakhruddin Ahmed, chief advisor of Bangladeshi Caretaker Government, and Niger's Prime Minister Seyni Oumarou, who are on a visit to China and to attend the Beijing Paralympics closing ceremony.

Chinese President Hu Jintao meets at the Great Hall of the People with Fakhruddin Ahmed, chief advisor of Bangladeshi Caretaker Government, who is on a visit to China and to attend the Beijing Paralympics closing ceremony

During the meeting with Fakhruddin, Hu thanked the Bangladeshi government and people for their support of the Beijing Olympics and Paralympics. “China and Bangladesh are traditional friendly neighbors. Over the past more than three decades since the establishment of diplomatic ties, the two countries have always followed the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence and shown mutual understanding, trust and support to each other. The two sides have established an all-round cooperative partnership featuring long-term friendship, equality and mutual benefit. The bilateral relations have been in sound and smooth development in spite of the changes in the two countries or in the international arena," Hu said. The Bangladeshi government has kept friendly relations with China, and has always taken its ties with China as a top priority and been a firm supporter to China on issues concerning Taiwan and Tibet, he said. Hu said the Chinese people are indebted to the Bangladeshi government and people who sent relief assistance to China's earthquake-hit Sichuan province despite their own economic difficulties and set a national mourning day to share the Chinese people's mourning of the quake victims.

"China attaches great importance to its friendly relations with Bangladesh, and is ready to expand pragmatic cooperation on politics, economy, science and technology, agriculture and humanities and enhance coordination and cooperation in international affairs, so as to advance the all-round cooperative partnership," Hu said.

Fakhruddin commended China on hosting a grand and successful Olympics, and said the Beijing Paralympics showed the Chinese government's caring for the disabled people. He warmly congratulated the Chinese government and people on their successful hosting of the two great events. The Chinese and the people in Bangladesh are trustworthy good friends, Fakhruddin said, noting that bilateral cooperation on economy, agriculture, culture and education has been expanding since the establishment of diplomatic ties over three decades ago. He expressed hope that both countries can deepen cooperation in trade, investment, development of special economic zone, education and personnel training and keep closer consultations and cooperation in international and regional affairs. Fakhruddin also reaffirmed his country's adherence to the one-China policy.

Chinese President Hu Jintao meets at the Great Hall of the People with Niger's Prime Minister Seyni Oumarou, who is on a visit to China and to attend the Beijing Paralympics closing ceremony

During his meeting with Niger's Prime Minister Seyni Oumarou, Hu thanked Niger’s government and people for the support to the Beijing Olympics and Paralympics, as well as the sympathy and solicitude they delivered to the Chinese after the May 12 earthquake in Sichuan Province. Hu said the friendly cooperation between China and Niger has been developing smoothly. "The two countries have developed mutual trust in political field, candid cooperation in economic and trade fields, and close coordination in international affairs," he said. Hu expressed appreciation of Niger's adherence to the one-China policy, as well as its support to the reunification cause of China.

Both China and Niger are developing countries, each being the other's important partner in realizing mutual benefits and development, Hu said. The two countries shall work together to make plans for the political, economic and trade cooperation in the near future, he said. He urged both sides to enhance personnel exchanges at various levels and explore new areas and modes of bilateral cooperation. The Chinese president also called for more experience-sharing on economic development and social stability, and more consultation in international affairs.

Oumarou congratulated Beijing on the successful Olympics and Paralympic Games. He noted that China has been helping Niger for a long time through assistance to the construction of water supply projects, providing food aid and writing off the debts Niger owed to China. Oumarou said he hopes China will continue to support Niger's efforts to eliminate poverty and looks forward to more cooperation with China in infrastructure construction and energy exploration.

Ling Jihua, Wang Huning and Dai Bingguo attended the above-mentioned meetings.