Government is not afraid of new sanctions: Minister of State for Foreign Affairs

On Monday (January 09), State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam said this in response to questions from journalists. The State Minister for Foreign Affairs said that the government is not afraid of imposing any new restrictions on the country's law and order forces from the United States or Western countries.

On December 31, Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen sent a letter to the Bangladesh mission abroad, highlighting the possibility of a new ban and giving instructions to be ready to prevent it if anything happens. News about this has also been published in the media.

The letter referred to the sanctions imposed by the US on RAB last year and asked the missions to stay in close contact with the governments of the countries concerned.

The Minister of State said that our continuous engagement with the United States is continuing. There have been some misunderstandings. We are working on the ban that the United States gave. For this reason, some may be more interested in the relationship between Bangladesh and the United States. Due to increased interest, BNP-Jamaat took the initiative of hunting fish by muddying the waters.

He said they were expecting another ban on December 9-10. On that date they called a public meeting. How dependent they are on lobbyists and propaganda machines is proof of that.

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Meanwhile, the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs urged the United States and its allies to reject political parties that support militancy and terrorism.

He said that Bangladesh wants the United States and its allies to reject political parties that support militancy and terrorism under the guise of politics.

US Assistant Secretary for Central and South Asian Affairs Donald Lue is scheduled to visit Bangladesh in the middle of this month. The state minister also said that the matter will be raised during his visit.

Shahriar Alam said Bangladesh paid a heavy price for the Holy Artisan terror attack, but the US and its allies applauded the work of law enforcement agencies.

He said, they also do not support those political parties, which shelter militancy under the umbrella of political parties.

Shahriar Alam said, We hope the countries will continue this policy and not give shelter to any murderer.

Meanwhile, a human chain program was held in front of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday to protest against the recent death of a Bangladeshi youth in the US by police.

Journalists want to know about this matter from the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs.

Regarding the human chain, the state minister said, I do not know the whole matter of who made the human chain. Those who did could have informed us by letter.

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The state minister said that Washington has assured Dhaka about getting justice in the case of the Bangladeshi's death.

Shahriar Alam said, our ambassador has already met with his counterpart and raised the issue. The US government has assured us that justice will be done.

He said that the police officer who shot the Bangladeshi dead, has been suspended or removed from duty; We have already received one information. We hope Bangladeshi citizens will get justice.

Shahriar Alam said, "I don't think so." The situation has become such that the United States Embassy in Bangladesh and the US Embassy in Dhaka think otherwise. I don't see anything over enthusiastic about it. It is not a highly sensitive issue.