Bangladeshi Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman will visit China from May 5-7, the Chinese Foreign Ministry announced on Monday.

The upcoming visit comes at the invitation of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, the ministry said in a statement on its website.

China and Bangladesh have long been each other's friends and close neighbors and are comprehensive strategic cooperative partners, a spokesperson for the ministry said in a separate statement.

Over the past five decades and more since the establishment of diplomatic ties, the two countries have been developing friendly ties on the basis of the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence and with mutual respect and equality, the spokesperson said.

"The bilateral ties have enjoyed sustained and steady progress and delivered tangibly for the two peoples," read the statement.

China attaches high importance to its relations with Bangladesh, it added.

Through the upcoming visit, China hopes to work with the new government of Bangladesh to enhance political mutual trust, deepen exchanges and cooperation in various fields, promote high-quality Belt and Road cooperation and strengthen China-Bangladesh comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership, the statement said.