US didn’t give any specific reason yet
Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has said the US government provided no specific information to Bangladesh on the sanctions imposed on the country's elite force, Rapid Action Battalion (Rab), and some of its top serving and former officials.
The minister mentioned this while replying to a question by journalists during a media briefing that focused on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's programmes during the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York on Tuesday.
Momen said Bangladesh government repeatedly wanted to know about the reason about the sanctions the US imposed in December last year for alleged rights abuses.
"Still they have not given any correct and specific information. So, we do not know. Besides, the US has a habit of imposing sanction on different countries. So, it is their matter," he said.
The minister praised the Rab for combating terrorism in the country.
In this regard, he said there has been no terrorist incident in the country after the Holey Artisan attack on July 1, 2016. "That was the last one," he added.
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