Bangladesh: No US pressure on Bangladesh, State FM Shahriar

DHAKA, 16 February 2022, (TON): State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam today said there is no pressure from the US administration on Bangladesh regarding any issue rather Dhaka and Washington have planned greater engagement and exchange of high-level visits in the coming months.

He made the remark while his attention was drawn by journalists at his office about media reports on the Monday's Parliamentary Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs.

During the Mondays' meeting at the parliament, the junior minister said “no member of the committee has said Washington is mounting pressure on Dhaka.”

He further said conversation at the parliamentary standing committee is highly classified and there is no option to disclose the discussion beyond the committee.

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