US President Joe Biden and Bangladesh‘s interim authorities chief Mohammed Yunus on Wednesday affirmed a “shut partnership” between the 2 nations including that the US would proceed to help Bangladesh.
“Each leaders affirmed the shut partnership between the US and Bangladesh, which is rooted in shared democratic values and robust people-to-people ties.President Biden welcomed additional engagement between the 2 governments and supplied continued US help as Bangladesh implements its new reform agenda,” a White Home assertion stated.
This assembly marks the primary time a US President has met with a head of the Bangladesh authorities on the sidelines of the UN Common Meeting, in response to a press launch from the Bangladesh.
“President Biden expressed US authorities’s full help for Chief Adviser Dr Muhammad Yunus and his authorities as they met on the margin of the UNGA,” Yunus stated.
Yunus briefed President Biden on the state of affairs in Bangladesh, highlighting the scholar protests saying how they stood up towards the “tyranny of the earlier authorities” and sacrificed their lives to assist rebuild the nation.
Moreover, Yunus introduced Biden with a replica of the e book The Artwork of Triumph, which options wall work created by college students throughout the rebellion.
Upon his arrival on the official resort in New York for the 79th United Nations Common Meeting (UNGA) session, Bangladesh’s chief advisor Muhammad Yunus confronted protests from demonstrators chanting “return.”
The protesters voiced their opposition to Yunus over alleged assaults on minorities in Bangladesh, calling out slogans equivalent to “return, step down, step down, step down.” In addition they held up posters declaring “Sheikh Hasina our prime minister.”
