Dhaka- Bangladesh on Tuesday proposed a tripartite meeting to discuss the possibility of linking the South Asian country with China via a cross-border road with Myanmar, an official said.

Bangladesh's chief foreign policy adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed presented the proposal at a meeting with General Maung Aye, a high-ranking member of Myanmar's military junta, who is on a three-day official visit to Bangladesh.

Maung Aye, vice chairman of State Peace and Development Council of Myanmar, leads a 55-member delegation including seven government ministers.

Dhaka has made the cross-border road, an approximately 120-kilometre overland link to China, a key point on the visit's agenda.

Myanmar officials did not respond immediately on the proposal saying they would think need to think it over.

Other topics under discussions were disputes over a maritime boundary, and leasing of Myanmar land to Bangladeshi farmers for cultivation.

Maung Aye will also make a courtesy call on President Iajuddin Ahmed. (dpa)