Donald Lu to lead US delegation scheduled to visit Bangladesh this month
US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Lu. File Photo: Courtesy
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US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Lu. File Photo: Courtesy
A senior-level US delegation will visit Bangladesh this month to discuss with the interim government ways to take forward the relations between the two countries and US Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Lu will lead the delegation.
Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain disclosed the information during a press briefing at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs today and said “Bilateral issues will be discussed with the US delegation and we will discuss how to take the relationship between the two countries forward in a changed political scenario.”
He said, releasing expatriates detained for protesting in the United Arab Emirates is a diplomatic success for Bangladesh.
“We don’t want expatriates to suffer in any way. We don’t want expatriates to face any problem from the time they leave Dhaka. Efforts will also be made to ensure that there is no problem even after expatriates reach their destination,” he added.
This is going to be the first such visit from the US since the formation of the interim government led by Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on 8 August.
Once finalised, the delegation is likely to be in Dhaka before Prof Yunus’s departure for New York to attend the 79th UN General Assembly, the source told UNB.
