China Congratulates BNP on Landslide Victory in Bangladesh Elections

• China congratulated the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on its landslide victory in the general elections.
• BNP secured 209 out of 297 seats, while Jamaat-e-Islami won 68 seats.
• Hasina's Awami League party was barred from contesting the 13th Parliamentary elections.
• China expressed readiness to deepen high-quality Belt and Road cooperation and strengthen the Strategic Cooperative Partnership with Bangladesh.
• The outgoing interim government under Muhammad Yunus sought closer strategic ties with Beijing to counter India’s influence.