Chollet to discuss ways to ‘advance Dhaka-Washington security partnership‘

Counselor of the US Department of State Derek Chollet will meet senior officials in Bangladesh tomorrow to discuss "coordination and response" to the Rohingya refugee crisis, strengthening cooperation in international fora, and advancing the "security partnership" between Dhaka and Washington.

Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen received him this afternoon at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.

Chollet is leading a seven-member interagency delegation. The delegation includes Clinton White, Counselor to the Administrator at the USAID; Elizabeth Horst, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, US Department of State; Beth Van Schaack, Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice and three other members.