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The upcoming US high-level delegation will focus Washington on supporting Bangladesh’s economic growth, financial stability and development needs. The US State Department said this.

Assistant Secretary of State Donald Lu of the US Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs will visit India and Bangladesh from September 10 to 16, a media note from the office of the spokesperson said on Tuesday (September 10).

It said Assistant Foreign Minister Lu will join an inter-agency delegation to meet with Bangladesh’s interim government in Dhaka. The team will include representatives from the US Department of the Treasury, USAID and the Office of the US Trade Representative.

During his stay in Dhaka, the chief advisor Professor Dr. Muhammad Yunus, Advisor on Foreign Affairs. Lue is scheduled to meet Tauhid Hossain and various members of civil society. This is going to be the first such visit from the United States after the formation of the interim government of Bangladesh on August 8.

Upon success, Assistant Secretary Lu will reaffirm the United States’ commitment to supporting the economic growth of its partners and stability throughout the Indo-Pacific region, the State Department said. She will highlight US-India cooperation on development, security and women’s economic empowerment at the India Ideas Summit organized by the US-India Business Council in India.

In addition, Lu will co-chair the eighth US-India 2+2 Intersessional Dialogue with US Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Jedidiah P. Royal and officials from the Indian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Defense. The dialogue will focus on enhancing the US-India bilateral partnership and expanding cooperation in the Indo-Pacific and beyond.