Counselor of the US State Department is coming to Dhaka: Derek H. Sholet

US State Department Counselor Derek H. Sholette is coming to Dhaka. The special advisor of US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken will pay attention to the Rohingya issue during a short 24-hour visit on February 14.

 On the other hand, Dhaka may request the lifting of sanctions against the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and seven senior officers of the force for alleged human rights violations.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

• According to sources in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sholet will come to Dhaka in the evening of February 14. Even if there is no program on the day of arrival, he will leave Dhaka in the evening after meeting with the concerned people the next day.
  According to the information of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, there is no program on the first day of Sholet's visit to Dhaka. He will have a busy time on the second day of the tour. Sholet will hold a bilateral meeting with Foreign Secretary Masoud Bin Momen. In addition, the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Courtesy meeting with AK Abdul Momen.

According to a diplomatic source, a courtesy meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been requested during Sholette's visit from the US Embassy in Dhaka. However, it is not certain that Sholet will meet the head of government.

US Asst

• A senior official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Donald Lu visited Dhaka in the first month of this year. It was a good trip. The Rohingya issue will be more important in Sholet's visit. Moreover they can raise their other subjects as well.
  Three months after the US Secretary of State's announcement, Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees and Immigration Julieta Valls Noyes of the US Department of State visited Dhaka. During his visit, the country officially started the resettlement of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. In early December last year, the United States resettled 62 Rohingya.

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The United States has provided more than $1.9 billion in humanitarian aid to Rohingya refugees seeking refuge in the country from Myanmar, according to data from the US State Department spokesperson's office in December last year.