Bangladesh
US_Bangladesh US under secretary arrives in Dhaka
Dhaka, March 20, 2022: US State Department Under Secretary for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland arrived in Dhaka this afternoon to join the 8th Partnership Dialogue to further strengthen ties on the 50th anniversary of bilateral relations between Bangladesh and the United States.
Nuland first came to Dhaka as part of a trilateral tour of South Asia, including India and Sri Lanka. Foreign Secretary Masood bin Momen received him at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 5:10 pm. An official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said this.
Bangladesh Foreign Secretary Masood bin Momen and Nuland will lead a meeting on their respective sides at the State Guest House Padma on Sunday morning.
After the 90-minute "Partnership Dialogue" meeting, the Secretary of State and the US Under Secretary of State will attend a joint briefing at the State Guest House to announce the outcome of their discussions. After the US Under Secretary of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. There is talk of a meeting with AK Abdul Momen.
The meeting will focus on trade and investment, labor, human rights and governance, global threats, including climate change, and regional issues, including a free and open Indo-Pacific region, and security cooperation, according to the Bangladesh Foreign Office and US diplomats in Dhaka.
This round of partnership dialogue is gaining momentum as the United States imposes sanctions on the Rapid Action Battalion and several of its senior officers on December 10, 2021. In connection with the partnership dialogue meeting, a Foreign Ministry official told state news agency BSS that Dhaka would highlight the blockade in the dialogue and highlight the success of the elite law enforcement unit in combating terrorism and drug trafficking.
He said Dhaka would present evidence at the meeting to take action against some members of the RAB whenever allegations of human rights violations were made against them.
On the issue of sanctions, a US diplomat stationed in Dhaka said that human rights would be one of the key issues during the dialogue.
The Seventh Bangladesh-US Partnership Dialogue was held in 2019, when the United States pledged additional security assistance to Bangladesh to enhance maritime domain awareness, piracy and regional security coordination in the Bay of Bengal.
