Bangladesh Ambassador to the United States Muhammad Imran has met several congressmen and congresswomen over the last few weeks and briefed them about Bangladesh’s impressive socio-economic development that took place under the dynamic and visionary leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
They also discussed various other issues of bilateral interests like the Rohingya issue, peace-keeping, labor issues, trade cooperation, Indo-Pacific Strategy, and regional and global issues.
Ambassador Imran met House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY-08), who has joined as a member of Bangladesh Caucus recently, said the Bangladesh Embassy in Washington on Saturday.
He also met four Co-chairs of the Bangladesh Caucus — Claudia Tenny (R-NY 24), Gerry Connolly (D-VA 11), Dwight Evans (D-PA 03) and Joe Wilson (R-SC 02) — at their respective offices.
The Ambassador also met congressmen Rep William Keating (D-MA 09), Rep James P McGovern (D-MA 02), Rep Jim Costa (D-CA 21), Rep Bill Pascrell (D-NJ 09), Rep Brad Sherman (D-CA 06) and Chief of Staff of Congressman Rep Barry Moore (R-LA 02) recently.
As part of regular engagement, the Ambassador and Embassy officials also had separate meetings with Senator Roger Marshall (R-KS 01), Rep Lois Frankel (D-FL 22), Rep Haley Stevens (D-MI 11), Rep Grace Ming (D-NY 06), Rep Mario Diaz Balart (R-FL 25) and other current and former congressmen/senators and their senior staffers.