UNB, Dhaka :Chinese President Xi Jinping is scheduled to visit Dhaka in October and both Bangladesh and China are now working to finalise a suitable date convenient to the two countries.The visit may take place before or after the BRICS Summit which will be held in India on October 15-16 as the Chinese President is also scheduled to attend the Summit, Foreign Ministry sources said.An inter-ministerial meeting was held at the Foreign Ministry on Sunday with Foreign Secretary M Shahidul Haque in the chair that discussed the Jinping’s upcoming visit.The meeting also discussed Joint Economic Commission meeting to be held between the two countries in Dhaka on August 22.India will host the eighth annual Summit of BRICS from October in Goa in its capacity as chair of the influential bloc comprising five countries with 42 percent of the world population and combined GDP of over $16 trillion.
