Donald Lu arrives in Dhaka on 2-day visit

US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Lu has reached Dhaka on a two-day visit. 

He landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on a flight of Sri Lankan Airlines around 11:30am on Tuesday.   

During the visit, Lu will meet with Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud and Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen. 

He will join a dinner to be hosted by Prime Minister’s Private Industry and Investment Adviser Salman F Rahman tonight. He will also exchange views with civil society leaders. 

According to a statement from the US State Department, Lu will discuss US-Bangladesh cooperation, including addressing the climate crisis and deepening economic ties.

This is the highest-level US official visit to Dhaka after the January 7 national election that Washington termed not free and fair.

Before coming to Dhaka, Lu visited India and Sri Lanka.