British Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Indo-Pacific Catherine West will visit Bangladesh on November 16-17 to discuss ways to strengthen ties with Bangladesh on key fronts. She is expected to meet Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus and Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain, said Toufique Hasan, Director General (Public Diplomacy), while briefing reporters at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday afternoon. Toufique said the purpose of her visit is to strengthen the Bangladesh-UK economic, strategic and migration partnerships. Her responsibilities include India and the Indian Ocean, China and Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific, economic security and growth and economics and evaluation. Catherine West was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office on 9 July 2024. Since 2015 she has been the Labour MP for Hornsey and Friern Barnet. Before entering politics, Catherine was a social worker. She also worked with refugees in London during the Balkans crisis from 1998 to 2000.