US Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights Uzra Zeya has discussed the "importance of free and fair" elections with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
The United States is committed to advancing democracy and free elections all over the world and, as a partner to Bangladesh, seeks to support Prime Minister Hasina’s public calls for free and fair elections in Bangladesh that are carried out in a peaceful manner, said the US Embassy in Dhaka on Friday.
Uzra Zeya met with Sheikh Hasina on Thursday on the margins of the UN General Assembly in New York.
During the meeting, Zeya thanked the prime minister for the generosity of the Bangladesh government in their humanitarian assistance to nearly one million Rohingya refugees.
The US-Bangladesh cooperation on this response is a powerful example of the partnership between the two countries, said the embassy.
