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Published : 20 Jun 2023, 02:42 AM
A letter on Bangladesh to President Joe Biden from six US congressmen contained “false information” and “inconsistencies”, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has said.
In the letter dated May 25, the congressman urged Biden to sanction Bangladeshis obstructing free and fair elections, and a ban on Bangladeshi forces from the UN peacekeeping missions.
“Their letter has some inconsistencies, mistakes and lies,” Momen told journalists on Monday.
“For example, the letter states 60 percent of Bangladesh’s Hindu population have fled due to torture. This is not true. The letter says Christians are persecuted. That’s not true,” he said.
The foreign minister said it appeared to him that the letter was written by some “immature” mind. “You [journalists] should raise questions about these. I don’t have a headache about it.”
He urged journalists and members of the civil society to ask the US congressmen about the “false information” in the letter.
Momen also said the government had stopped appointing lobbyists in the US.
“Tell those, who are appointing lobbyists, to stop trying to destroy the country. Please appoint lobbyists so that Bangladesh get more energy, jobs are created, investments increase.”
