Bangladesh ambassador meets US leaders, conveys resolve against terrorism

Bangladesh ambassador to the United States Mohammad Ziauddin, as part of his regular engagement with US politicians, has met with Congress leaders Grace Meng and Kathleen Rice separately at Capitol Hill.

According to the Bangladesh embassy, during the meetings on Thursday, they discussed issues of mutual interest, including the fight against extremism, women empowerment and duty free quota free access of Bangladeshi goods to the US market.
 
The ambassador reiterated the government’s “zero tolerance” policy and told them that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was working “closely” with the US, neighbouring and other friendly countries to eliminate extremism and terrorism from Bangladesh and even beyond.
 
He highlighted the existing cooperation between Bangladesh and the US in intelligence sharing and capacity building measures to eliminate extremist elements from Bangladesh.
 

Ambassador Mohammad Ziauddin meets Congresswoman Grace Meng at Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday.

He briefed them about Bangladesh’s history, particularly the assassination of the Father of the Nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, and his family members, and numerous murder attempts on the life of his daughter Sheikh Hasina.

He said that the government had modernised the madrass education curriculum “so that the students can well adapt with the mainstream society and thus can get rid of the religious extremism.”

The ambassador sought their support for a duty free quota free market access for all LDCs, including Bangladesh, to the US market.

He noted that the European Union had been providing this access to all LDCs, but the US was providing this facility only to 34 African LDCs out of 48 LDCs.

“Therefore, there is a sense of deprivation and injustice among the other LDCs, which the USA should take into consideration,” he added.