Sagar Biswas :
The ruling Awami League leaders and ministers have expressed hope that Donald Trump’s victory will not create any adverse impact on the bilateral relations between Bangladesh and USA, especially on migrant issue.
At present, the Bangladeshi migrants and Bangladesh-born nationals are playing an important role in different sectors, including education, politics and economics, in the USA. So, there is no reason for anxiety on migrant issue, the ruling party leaders said.
They said diplomatic relation does not depend on any personal relation rather it’s a state-to-state relation. As Donald Trump himself is a businessman, the international and inter-country trades would accelerate during the tenure of the newly elected President.
AL joint general secretary and former foreign minister Dr Dipu Moni on Thursday said: “There is no dispute between Bangladesh and USA over the issue of legal migrants. What newly elected US President Donald Trump had said before election… it was all about the illegal migrants.”
“Even if there is any problem, it will be solved through diplomatic channal. The present AL government believes in legal migration. However, if there is any illegal Bangladeshi migrants in the USA, the government will take step to protect their interest through negotiation,” Dipu Moni said while addressing a press conference at party president’s Dhanmondi political office in the city.
Dipu Moni, who is also chairman of parliamentary standing committee on Foreign Ministry, said: “We don’t know how many illegal Bangladeshi migrants are staying in America. There are huge illegal migrants [of different countries] in the USA. In that case, we’ll have to see in which way they [US government] will proceed to solve the issue.”
Echoing the same, another AL joint general secretary Mahabubul Alam Hanif said the relation between Bangladesh and America would be stronger and trade between the countries would increase in the coming days following the victory of Donald Trump.
“We think, there will be no problem with USA over migrant issue. Every country has its own policy to run the state. In that case, personal observation doesn’t get importance,” Hanif further said.
Not only that, Finance Minister AMA Muhith also had hoped that it would not create any adverse impact on investment and trade between Bangladesh and America after Donald Trump’s victory.
“We’ll urge the new US government to give back our GSP facility again,” he said after meeting with economic affairs committee on Wednesday.
It is to be noted that, Donald Trump in his winning speech laid emphasis on establishing good relations in the international arena. Analysts think that, it’s a positive approach and Dhaka would get fruitful result from this new outlook of Donald Trump.
