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The United States on Thursday said its Embassy in Dhaka remains operational, and they authorised the “voluntary departure of nonemergency personnel” and their family members.
“The embassy does remain open to provide consular and other services to United States citizens who are in Bangladesh,” said the US Department of State Spokesperson Matthew Miller.
He said that safety and security of US citizens are obviously their first priority.
"We encourage any US citizen who is worried about their safety and security, has concerns, anything they want to discuss, to contact our embassy," Miller said during a regular briefing at the US Department of State on July 24.
Miller said they have made their concerns clear about the ongoing security situation in Bangladesh.
"We announced the other day that we are exploring all options to ensure the safety of our personnel in Dhaka," the US State Department spokesperson said.
Expressing optimism over the return of normalcy in the country soon, Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud on Tuesday had said the current situation does not warrant foreign mission officials to leave Bangladesh.
"The situation will get back to normalcy within a couple of days. No situation is prevailing in the country that they [foreigners] need to leave Bangladesh," he told reporters while responding to a question at a media briefing at the US Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
