US, EU ambassadors to meet Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud Wednesday

US Ambassador Peter Haas and European Union Delegation to Bangladesh Ambassador Charles Whiteley will meet new foreign minister Dr Mohammad Hasan Mahmud on Wednesday.

Peter Haas will meet him first followed by Charles Whiteley, according to the minister's schedule.

This will be the first meeting between the western ambassadors and Hasan Mahmud after he took the charge of the ministry.

Western countries were critical to the just concluded general elections following the boycott by the opposition BNP.

The new foreign minister, however, said he will work with the East and West following the government's foreign policy - friendship towards all, malice to none.

Indian High Commissioner in Dhaka Pranay Verma was the first envoy to meet Hasan Mahmud.