He gave this information after a meeting with the US delegation at Rashtriya Guest House Padma on Sunday.
After the meeting, the foreign secretary said that a high-level delegation of the United States is visiting Bangladesh. I had a meeting with them some time ago. Secretary of Economic Relations Department, Chairman of Revenue Board, Secretary of Commerce, Secretary of Ministry of Labor and Employment, Ministry of Home Affairs and representatives of Bangladesh Bank were present in the meeting.
M. Jasim Uddin said, in the meeting, we talked about the issues related to the interests of the two countries. We informed the delegation about the steps that the government has already taken in the context of the revolutionary changes initiated in the new Bangladesh achieved through the extreme sacrifices of the students.
The secretary said, on behalf of the US government, they have reiterated their commitment to work with the interim government. They are interested to know about the government's reform plan. The issue of economic reforms as soon as possible is considered a special priority of this government.
He said that the areas of possible cooperation of the United States in terms of reforms in the financial and fiscal sectors are the increase of bilateral trade and investment. We discussed various issues including labor environment, human rights protection, Rohingya issue, humanitarian aid.
He also said that the mid-year cooperation agreement between the Department of Economic Relations and USAID was signed today.
The delegation today is the chief adviser of the interim government. Muhammad Yunus, Foreign Affairs Adviser. Touhid Hossain and met with Finance and Commerce Advisor Salehuddin Ahmed.
The US delegation came to Dhaka yesterday Saturday. The team is led by Brent Neiman, Deputy Under Secretary of the Internal Revenue Service. In addition, there is Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Donald Lu.
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