China does not want any conflict between Bangladesh and Myanmar on the maritime boundary dispute in the Bay of Bengal, said a china-based think tank Shanghai Institutes for International Studies (SIIS) yesterday.

“All kinds of debates should be solved through negotiation. China would play a facilitating role to bring down any conflict between the two neighbors,” SIIS Director Zhao Gancheng told newsmen at a press conference at the National Press Club.

Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security Studies (BIPSS) in partnership with SIIS organized the programme. A six-member SIIS delegation led by its president Yang Jiemian and BIPSS president ANM Muniruzzaman attended the function.

“We do not want to interfere in the internal affairs of any country, but surely we will do everything to resist any extremism or separatism,” Zhao said terming terrorism and separatism are non-traditional threats in the world today.

He also suggested that the proposed South Asian Anti-Terrorism Task Force could be formed under the existing umbrella of SAARC to enhance the regional cooperation against terrorism and separatism.

The installation of an elected government and the return of political stability under a "smooth transition" paved ways for enhanced Dhaka-Beijing relationship and will earn Bangladesh more supports from China, said Jiemian, the SIIS president.

He criticized the "double standard global financial systems" of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) saying, "Asia was hit by the financial crisis in 1990s, IMF then set a lot of conditions in financial matters, but now when the US originated the crisis, it (IMF) is not correcting the systems."

Jiemian suggested that the opinions of the developing countries must be incorporated in formulating fairer and reasonable financial systems.

The delegation leader also said the global financial crisis has surely hit Chinese economy, but not as much as that the double-digit growth rate would come down to six or seven percent. It would rather come down to eight percent, he noted.

The team will visit National Defense College and call on government leaders during their stay in Dhaka.