US sees real potential to deepen ties with Bangladesh, India
The United States really wants to deepen its ties across South Asia, particularly with Bangladesh and India, since it sees the real potential to have more robust relations.
"We're at an instant of real potential in the possibility to deepen our relations across South Asia, but in particular with these two partners - India and Bangladesh," US Deputy Secretary of State Stephen E Biegun told a telephonic briefing on Tuesday, reports UNB.
Deputy Secretary Biegun said his recent visit to both Bangladesh and India was part of a number of engagements America has had with both of these critical partners.
"And it's one that you'll see continuing to progress over the weeks and months ahead," he said.
Biegun said they have an intervening election that will happen but he reiterates his confidence that whatever the outcome of their elections, the near future is very bright for relations between your United States and both of these very important South Asian partners.
"It's certainly an activity that I'm happy to become a part of and I'm quite definitely looking forward to our next engagements," he said.
Biegun returned to Washington on Saturday night after a week-long visit to Delhi and also to Dhaka, where he previously "extraordinarily warm and constructive discussions" with the governments in both countries, and it leaves me very confident our relationship with both these countries is put for only further success later on."
The objective of his visit to Bangladesh, he said, was to take stock of and deepen US relations and set a course forward for how they are able to expand cooperation in people-to-people areas; in a variety of regions of government interest, including science and culture and medicine specifically.
The purpose of his visit was also to speak about security issues and how they make sure that they do their utmost, working together, with some partners in the Indo-Pacific to market a free of charge and open Indo-Pacific that guarantees sovereignty and prosperity for the nations in your community.
In Bangladesh, Biegun said, they had a chance to discuss numerous important opportunities in the partnership, including close cooperation on Covid-19.
