US deputy asst secy likely to visit next week

US Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs (SCA) Afreen Akhter is likely to visit Bangladesh next week to discuss issues of mutual interest.

The visit may take place on October 15-18, a diplomatic source told UNB, noting that she might also visit Cox’s Bazar Rohingya camps during the visit.
The deputy assistant secretary looks after issues in Nepal, Sri Lanka,

Bangladesh, Bhutan, and the Maldives, as well as the Office of Security and Transnational Affairs.

Akhter was formerly the national security and foreign affairs adviser to US Senator Chris Van Hollen. She visited Dhaka in May of this year.

The deputy assistant secretary is also scheduled to meet government officials to discuss priority bilateral issues. The matter of the upcoming parliamentary polls in Bangladesh may also come up for discussion, said the diplomatic source.

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