During the meeting held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, they also had a brief discussion on political affairs including upcoming elections, said a diplomatic source.
They discussed strengthening the Bangladesh-US partnership and collaboration on building a prosperous, secure, and interconnected Indo-Pacific region.
She reached Cox’s Bazar in the afternoon to visit Rohingya camps in the district that are sheltering nearly one million Rohingya, most of whom fled Myanmar in the wake of ethnic cleansing perpetrated by the Burmese military in Rakhine State, and see the current situation there.
After visiting camps in Cox’s Bazar on Monday the US official, now on a four-day visit to Bangladesh, will return to Dhaka and brief media in a city hotel in the evening.
She will meet officials from UN organizations, NGOs, and local government to discuss their efforts to ensure assistance reaches the affected populations.
The US official expressed appreciation for Bangladesh’s continued generosity in responding to the Rohingya crisis.