Online Desk: An American delegation led by US Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights, Uzra Zeya, has arrived in Bangladesh. A flight carrying the American delegation landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Tuesday (July 11) evening. Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen welcomed the delegation at the airport.

The visit of this high level US delegation several months earlier the next general election in Bangladesh carries great significance. The delegation also included US Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Lu and Deputy Assistant Administrator of the Bureau for Asia, USAID Änjali Kaur. They will be visiting Bangladesh during the July 11-14.

After the new visa policy was officially announced by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on May 25, Lu appeared as the public face of the move, making appearances in Bangladeshi media to explain how it would be implemented. Foreign secretary Masud Momen earlier said Zeya was a relatively senior US official and her mandated area “is quite wide”.