Trump aide likely to arrive on July 30
Lisa Curtis, deputy assistant to US President Donald Trump and senior director for South and Central Asia of the National Security Council in the White House, is likely to arrive in Dhaka on July 30 on a brief visit to discuss various issues of mutual interest with Bangladesh leadership.
This high-level official of the Trump Administration and a South Asian Affairs expert is likely to meet Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali and Foreign Secretary Shahidul Haque during her visit, a foreign ministry senior official told UNB yesterday.
US Ambassador to Bangladesh Marcia Bernicat has already met Shahidul and discussed the two-day visit of Curtis with him.
During his recent US visit, the foreign secretary met Curtis, and they both discussed the potentials of Bangladesh-US security cooperation with particular focus on countering terrorism and violent extremism.
In the meeting, Curtis appreciated the pluralistic character of democratic Bangladesh and the impressive socioeconomic development of this Muslim majority country.
The foreign secretary invited her to visit Bangladesh and Curtis accepted the invitation at that time.
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