Foreign Secretary Visits Washington for Bilateral Talks with the US

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Bangladesh’s Foreign Secretary, Md. Jashim Uddin, is in Washington for a series of meetings aimed at strengthening ties with the United States. Uddin, who recently attended the UN General Assembly in New York, seeks U.S. support for Bangladesh’s reform initiatives in areas such as the economy, trade, investment, labor rights, governance, and the Rohingya crisis. He will also meet with officials from the National Security Council and the State Department. This visit marks the first engagement between Bangladeshi officials and senior U.S. representatives in Washington since the interim government led by Dr. Muhammad Yunus took office on August 8.

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