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Collected US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller

United States wants fair and peaceful elections in Bangladesh

Bangladesh Live News | @banglalivenews | 27 May 2023, 10:00 pm

Dhaka, May 27: The United States wants to see the next elections in Bangladesh free, fair and peaceful. At the same time, the country also said that the United States is happy to welcome the new visa policy announced by the US government to Bangladesh. Ministry spokesman Matthew Miller said this at the regular press briefing of the US State Department on Thursday local time. The details of the briefing are presented on the website of the US State Department.

First of all, I want to thank you on behalf of Bangladesh for giving a very clear and strong message to the people of Bangladesh, asked a journalist at the briefing. The reason I say 'loud and clear' is because the US Secretary of State himself tweeted before announcing visa bans against the accused and their family members if you obstruct the free and fair elections in Bangladesh from here on out, and Assistant Secretary of State Donald Luo after you made the announcement. spoke

So as you said, organizing fair elections is everyone's responsibility. The government, the opposition and everyone else have a responsibility here. We are expecting national elections in Bangladesh by the end of this year or possibly early next year and will you call on the opposition to participate in the upcoming elections?

In response, the ministry's spokesperson Matthew Miller said, "I will not say anything about what a political party should or should not do within Bangladesh." What I will say is that the United States supports free, fair and peaceful elections (in Bangladesh). And this is why we announced the new visa policy yesterday on the issue of Bangladesh election.

"That is why we have made this announcement, and we look forward to working with the Government of Bangladesh to advance the relationship between the two countries," said Matthew Miller.

Earlier, the United States announced a new visa policy for the sake of free, fair and peaceful national elections in Bangladesh. US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken announced this last Wednesday. Under this policy, the United States can impose visa restrictions on any Bangladeshi who is responsible for or has attempted to disrupt the country's democratic election process.