DHAKA, 18 June 2022, (TON): US ambassador to Bangladesh, Peter Haas, has reiterated “the United States has no preference for any particular party or platform in Bangladesh’s political arena, but rather wants to see an ‘open and competitive process’ play out ahead of the next national election.”

He said “I want to be very clear that the US has no preference. We have no vote. We don’t favour any particular party, platform, or anything else that is not our role.”

Ambassador Haas said “they would like to see the same thing that the people of Bangladesh would like to see an election run to an international standard that allows the people of Bangladesh to choose their next leaders in an ‘open and competitive’ process, free of violence.”

The US envoy said that he very much welcomed some of the signals and signs that he was receiving in terms of having a transparent election.

He referred to foreign minister AK Abdul Momen and said “he made it clear that Bangladesh would welcome international observers. ‘I think that’s critical.”