Dr. Yunus and Joe Biden, photo-collected.
Diplomatic Correspondent //

This time on the sidelines of the session of the United Nations General Assembly, US President Joe Biden, the chief advisor of the interim government of Bangladesh. Muhammad Yunus is going to have a bilateral meeting. In the last three decades, there has never been such a meeting with any head of state or government of Bangladesh.

If everything goes well, the top leaders of Bangladesh and the United States will meet at the United Nations headquarters on September 24 at noon local time in New York. A source at the policymaking level of the interim government confirmed this information to the media on Saturday evening.

According to high-level sources in Dhaka and New York, last Thursday afternoon, Washington finalized the Yunus-Biden meeting on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session. In view of this, instead of 24 September Dr. Yunus is leaving for New York on September 23.

Five such Bangladeshi diplomats who have worked in New York in the past and are currently working told this reporter that the US President usually arrives in New York on the morning of his scheduled speech at the UN General Assembly. He addressed the General Assembly session that day. Then in the afternoon he organized a reception in honor of the heads of state and government coming to the United Nations session. A bilateral meeting between the President of the United States and the top leader of a country during the session of the United Nations General Assembly is almost rare. In the last three decades, there has been no meeting of the US President with any top leader of Bangladesh on the sidelines of the UN session. The Heads of State and Government of Bangladesh have always met and talked at the reception of the President of the United States.

Dr. New York. When asked about the significance of Joe Biden’s meeting with Yunus, several senior diplomats of Bangladesh said that the US high-level delegation visited Dhaka on September 15 after the interim government took over on August 8. In two weeks, President Joe Biden is meeting with the interim administration’s chief adviser. The upcoming meeting in New York indicates that the United States will provide all kinds of assistance to Bangladesh in the future, including reforms in various sectors after the political change.

After taking charge on August 8, he is going to travel to New York to attend the session of the United Nations General Assembly. Yunus’s first foreign visit. In addition to the meeting with Joe Biden, Dr. will meet with the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. Yunus. Apart from this, World Bank President Ajay Banga and International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva will meet the Chief Advisor of the Interim Government of Bangladesh.

According to diplomatic analysts, Dr. Various meetings during Yunus’ visit to New York are significant for Bangladesh. Especially the message that the western world and international financial institutions will be strongly associated with the current government of Bangladesh is giving that message.