Bangladesh ambassador to US meets with members of US Congress

Bangladesh ambassador to the United States Muhammad Imran has met several congressmen and congresswomen over the last few weeks and briefed them about Bangladesh’s impressive socio-economic development that took place under the dynamic and visionary leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

At the meeting they also discussed various other issues of bilateral interests like the Rohingya issue, peace-keeping, labour issues, trade cooperation, Indo-Pacific Strategy, and regional and global issues.

Ambassador Imran met with House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY-08), who has joined as a member of Bangladesh Caucus recently, said the Bangladesh embassy in Washington on Saturday.

He also met with four co-chairs of the Bangladesh Caucus — Claudia Tenny (R-NY 24), Gerry Connolly (D-VA 11), Dwight Evans (D-PA 03) and Joe Wilson (R-SC 02) — at their respective offices.

The ambassador also met with congressmen William Keating (D-MA 09), James P McGovern (D-MA 02), Jim Costa (D-CA 21), Bill Pascrell (D-NJ 09), Brad Sherman (D-CA 06) and chief of Staff of Congressman Barry Moore (R-LA 02) recently.

As part of regular engagement, the ambassador and Embassy officials also had separate meetings with Senator Roger Marshall (R-KS 01), Lois Frankel (D-FL 22), Haley Stevens (D-MI 11), Grace Ming (D-NY 06), Mario Diaz Balart (R-FL 25) and other current and former congressmen and senators and their senior staffers.