Bangladesh is all set to roll out red carpet for Chinese President Xi Jinping, who will arrive in Dhaka on Friday morning on his maiden trip to the country.

This will also be the first visit by a Chinese head of state to Bangladesh in 30 years.

Two Bangladeshi fighter jets will fly to act as escorts as soon as President Xi's special plane enters the country's air space. President Abdul Hamid will receive his counterpart at the airport, Foreign Minister AH Mahmud Ali told a press conference Thursday.

Xi will be given a full guard of honor at the airport, the highest tribute to a president. A 21-gun salute will be fired.

Xi's visit is expected to push bilateral relations to a new height and explore the full potential of economic and trade ties between the two countries.

In Dhaka, posters with pictures of President Xi and his Bangladeshi counterpart Md Abdul Hamid, and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, are currently adorning all the major streets and junctions across the city.

Dhaka is having a festive look with streets adorned with decorative lights and life-size cut-outs of President Xi, President Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

Posters and banners have been planted on sides of the road, inscribed with messages wishing a further boost of bilateral ties between the countries.

Thousands of posters inscribed with "Long Live Bangladesh-China Friendship" have been put up along the around 14-km stretch from the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport to the main city.

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