Interim govt committed to holding free, fair polls: FS tells US envoy

NN Online:

Foreign Secretary (FS) Md Jashim Uddin on Sunday reaffirmed the interim government’s commitment to ensuring a free, fair, and credible election.

He conveyed this when Ambassador Tracey Ann Jacobson, Chargé d’Affaires of the United States Embassy in Dhaka, met him at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, reports UNB.

Jacobson conveyed the commitment of the US Administration in the ongoing democratic transformation and strengthening Bangladesh-US relationship in the areas of mutual interest including trade, investment, development cooperation, energy security, public health as well as institution building and forcibly displaced Rohingyas.

They also discussed issues relating to the Ukraine-Russia war.