News Desk :
US Ambassador to Bangladesh Peter Hass on Wednesday expressed his country’s willingness to deepening ties with Bangladesh as the two countries discussed “action oriented” issues to that end.
“We had a conversation about how we can continue moving our relationships forward and how we can (have) action oriented deepening relationship,” he said.
The US Ambassador made the remarks while talking to reporters after his meeting with foreign secretary Masud Bin Momen at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, reports UNB.
Bangladesh and the US had a series of bilateral dialogues at different levels this year.
During his meeting with Masud, Ambassador Haas said they talked about the “totality” of the bilateral issues between the US and Bangladesh and how the two countries can move forward.
The Ambassador said they also discussed issues related to all bilateral dialogues between the two countries held in past couple of months.
They also talked about the upcoming Bangladesh-US high level economic forum to be held in Washington in the first week of next month.
During the meeting, the envoy said, they talked about the “totality” of the bilateral issues between the US and Bangladesh and “how we can move forward”.
The ambassador said they also discussed about issues related to all bilateral dialogues between the two countries held in the last couple of months, reports BSS.
They also talked about the upcoming Bangladesh-US High Level Economic Forum to be held in Washington in the first week of next month.
Currently, the ninth defence dialogue is going on between Bangladesh and the US as the two countries seek strengthening security cooperation in the changed geopolitical landscape.
Security environment in the Indo-Pacific, military to military joint exercise, forces modernization, General Security of Military Information Agreement (GSOMIA), countering terrorism, humanitarian and disaster management are some of the highlights in the meeting.
Bangladesh and the US celebrated the 50th anniversary of establishing the diplomatic relations on April 4 with different events including bilateral meeting between Bangladesh foreign minister Dr AK Abdul Momen and US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken in Washington.
In the same month, Bangladesh and the US held the 8th round of security dialogue in Washington DC.
