Bangladesh
EU EU delegation is coming to visit Dhaka
Dhaka, July 7, 2023: The European Union (EU) delegation is coming to Dhaka tomorrow, Saturday, July 8, on the invitation of the Election Commission (EC).
Foreign Secretary Masud bin Momen gave this information in the weekly briefing of the ministry on Thursday. The delegation will stay in Dhaka till July 23.
He said that the US delegation Uzra Zeya and Donald Lu are coming to Dhaka from July 11-14. The visit of the US delegation will discuss the relations between the two countries. After they come, what will be discussed with Bangladesh will be understood. No agenda has been fixed so far.
Commenting that it will be decided whether election observers will come during the visit of the EU delegation, the secretary said that many issues can be discussed during the visit of the US delegation. There can be a discussion about the election. However, this is not an election-centric tour.
Sources in the Ministry of External Affairs say that a six-member "exploratory vanguard team" from the European Union will visit Bangladesh from July 8-23. The task of this mission will be to assess the scope, planning, budget, logistics and security of the main election observation mission.
The fact-finding mission will meet with representatives of the government, election-related authorities, representatives of the international community, officials of various law enforcement agencies, political leaders, civil society and media representatives during their stay in Bangladesh.
Based on the information obtained from the fact-finding mission, the European Union will take a final decision on sending a full-fledged election observation mission before the next national elections.
Masud bin Momen said, BIMSTEC Summit on November 30. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will go to that conference. Before this, BIMSTEC ministerial meeting on July 17. This meeting will be held in Thailand. The current Secretary General of BIMSTEC is from Bhutan. India will be the BIMSTEC Secretary on November 5. Bangladesh will be the chairman. Discussions were held on how to strengthen BIMSTEC. Power connectivity will be discussed. If a country wants to be an observer, it can.
