Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen on Tuesday said the US government has provided no specific information to Bangladesh on the sanctioning of the country’s elite police unit, the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), and some of its top serving and former officials.
He said this in reply to a question during a media briefing on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s programs during the 77th session of the UNGA in New York.
The foreign minister said the Bangladesh government has repeatedly wanted to know the reasons behind the sanctions that the US imposed in December last year for alleged rights abuses.
“Still they have not given any correct and specific information. So we do not know. Besides, the US has a habit of imposing sanctions on different countries. So it is their matter,” he said.
The minister praised RAB for combating terrorism in the country.
In this regard, he said there has been no terrorist operation in the country after the Holey Artisan attack on July 1, 2016. “That was the last one,” he added.
He also said that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina shows zero tolerance toward terrorism.