Beijing’s war-wolf diplomacy enters Bangladesh. Chinese Ambassador Li Jieming warned the country not to join the U.S.-led “Quadripartite Security Dialogue” (also known as the Quadripartite Alliance), but was met with a sharp rebuke from Bangladesh. Bangladesh’s foreign minister said that Bangladesh is a sovereign country and does not need to be dictated by others in its foreign policy.
Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jieming said on Monday (May 10) that if Bangladesh joins the Quad, which consists of the United States, India, Japan and Australia, relations between China and Bangladesh will suffer “significant damage.
Li also tried to draw Bangladesh into saying that China would provide more support for the country’s fight against the epidemic. Some 775,000 people in Bangladesh have been infected with the Chinese communist virus (coronavirus) and 12,000 have died.
Bangladesh Foreign Minister A. K. Abdul Momen responded to Li Jieming’s threat by making clear his country’s displeasure with the Chinese Communist threat. We are an independent and sovereign country,” he said. We determine our foreign policy. Any country can defend its position. But we will make our decisions with the interests of our people and our country in mind.”
Momen said Bangladesh has not been contacted by the members of the Quadrilateral Alliance to discuss joining the alliance. This raises questions about why the Communist ambassador raised the issue in the first place. Momen said Li’s comments were premature.
Momen was surprised by the Chinese Communist Party’s war-wolf diplomacy reaching into Bangladesh. He said it was unusual for China (CCP) to try to interfere in Bangladesh’s national affairs, “We didn’t expect China (CCP) to do that.”
The “quadrilateral alliance” against the Communist Party has emboldened the Chinese Communist Party. Li Jieming made it clear that in Beijing’s view, the Quadrilateral Alliance is primarily against China (CCP), which is why Japan joined the alliance. Li also warned Bangladesh that he did not want the country to join the alliance in any form.
It is unclear why Chinese Communist Party officials are targeting Bangladesh and the Quartet. At a March video summit of Quadrilateral leaders, U.S. President Joe Biden said the alliance would be “an important arena for cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region” in the coming years.
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