‘Bangladesh matters to Trump’
US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Ambassador Thomas Shannon has lauded Bangladesh as a global example of tolerant, pluralistic and moderate nation and said Bangladesh matters to the President Trump’s administration.
“To Trump administration, Bangladesh matters, our friendship matters and our partnership matters,” he said speaking as guest of honor at the Independence Day reception at Bangladesh Embassy in Washington DC on Tuesday.
Ambassador Shannon who visited Dhaka in 2015 said he was impressed by idealism, optimism and resolution of the people of Bangladesh, a press release of Bangladesh mission in US said.
“Bangladesh is our most important regional partner,” he told the reception attended by US Acting Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Ambassador William E Todd, former US Ambassadors to Bangladesh, important officials from the Department of State, Justice, Commerce, Homeland and other departments of the US government.
Ambassador Shannon said: “Although a relatively young nation Bangladesh has made tremendous progress, and what Bangladesh has accomplished in four-and- a-half decades other countries took century to accomplish.”
Ambassador Shannon said the US is proud of the partnership with Bangladesh. “We admire your achievement since independence,” he said and expressed US intention to work together with Bangladesh in the years ahead.
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