Dhaka, March 16 -- Bangladesh Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus is expected to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping on March 28. The two countries will issue a joint statement after the meeting, the Chief Adviser's Press Wing said in a statement on Tuesday.

The statement came after the Chinese Ambassador in Dhaka, Yao Wen, met with Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus.

Yao Wen said the upcoming official visit of the Chief Adviser to China would be the most important one in the 50-year-long relationship between the two 'trustworthy" and close friends.

Professor Yunus would deliver a speech on Asia in a Changing World: Towards a Shared Future. The Chinese executive vice premier will also join him during the session.

During the visit, the first bilatera...