Bangladesh-USA has no misunderstanding: Salman F Rahman

Prime minister’s private industry and investment adviser Salman Fazlur Rahman has said that for the sake of visit by US delegations Uzra Zeya the few misunderstanding has been lessened. Also he said, relationship between Bangladesh and the United States has improved due to bilateral meetings among senior officials of both friendly nations.

‘There were some misunderstandings between Bangladesh and the United States. Sometimes misunderstandings arise among friends. The distance with the US has reduced,’ he said.

Salman said this while addressing journalists after a meeting with the US delegation led by its Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights Uzra Zeya at his Gulshan residence on Thursday night.

In this time Salman said that the meeting discussed to boost bilateral trade with the US, the upcoming general election, and labour rights situation in Bangladesh.

‘But they did not discuss the electoral system, interim government, or the caretaker government issue. Even they did not give any new conditions for the election . They only talked about making elections free and fair. And we also talked about free fair and peaceful elections,’ he added.

Also for arranging the peaceful rallies of the two parties, expressed the satisfaction by the US delegation on Wednesday. even the role of the police during the events is being appriciated.

Meanwhile, at the meeting, Salman informed that Bangladesh called on the US to provide duty-free facilities to Bangladeshi readymade garment products made using cotton imported from the Western country.

The meeting also discussed increasing US investment in Bangladesh, he added.

State minister for foreign affairs Md Shahriar Alam .also spoke at the press conference.

Shahriar Alam said that many people had hyped up the possibility of Uzra Zeya’s visit increasing pressure on the government. It is part of their regular visit, not to consider as special agenda for the election. They talked about universal human rights and seeking clarification on some specific issues,