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U.S. State Department Under Secretary Derek Chollet arrives in Dhaka US-Bangladesh
Collected Masoud Bin Momen, Senior Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, welcomed Derek Chollet and USAID Administrator Counselor Clinton White at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.

U.S. State Department Under Secretary Derek Chollet arrives in Dhaka

Bangladesh Live News | @banglalivenews | 16 Feb 2023, 12:05 am

Dhaka, February 15: Senior Policy Adviser to US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and Counselor Derek Chollet, acting as Under Secretary of the State Department, arrived in Dhaka on Tuesday evening on a two-day official visit. Masoud Bin Momen, Senior Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, welcomed Chollet and USAID Administrator Counselor Clinton White at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.

During the visit, Chollet will meet Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and hold separate meetings with Foreign Minister Dr. AK Abdul Momen and Foreign Secretary Masood Bin Momen, according to a press release of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The purpose of the visit is to strengthen bilateral and government-to-government relations and to emphasize humanitarian assistance to the Rohingya. Earlier, the US State Department spokesperson's office said the counselor will discuss assistance in dealing with the Rohingya crisis and strengthening the security partnership between the US and Bangladesh during his visit to Dhaka.

During his visit to Dhaka, he will also discuss strengthening Dhaka-Washington cooperation in the international field with senior officials of Bangladesh, it said.

US Counselor Derek Chollet accompanied Clinton White, US Agency for International Development Counselor Elizabeth Horst, US State Department Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs and US State Department Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice Beth Van Schaack. Leading the delegation. US Ambassador to Dhaka Peter D Haas and US Embassy officials will accompany the delegation in the meeting.

The US State Department counselor will leave Dhaka for Pakistan on Wednesday evening. Chollet conducts special diplomatic missions at the direction of the US Secretary of State.