Indian envoy, US special envoy hold meeting

Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Dinesh Trivedi on Friday met visiting US Special Envoy for South and Central Asia Sergio Gor at a hotel in Dhaka to discuss issues of mutual interest.

"The meeting was held at a city hotel in the morning. I can only tell you it was a good meeting," a diplomatic source on the US side said.

The details of the discussion were not disclosed.

On June 25, Gor wished Trivedi success as he assumed his role as India's new high commissioner to Bangladesh.

Gor said: "As the US Special Envoy for South and Central Asia, I look forward to working closely with him."

Earlier, Gor met Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman on Thursday evening. On Friday, he visited the Rohingya camps in Cox's Bazar.

He is scheduled to meet Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Saturday.

Foreign Minister Dr Khalilur said bilateral relations between Bangladesh and the United States are moving in a very positive direction, noting that they will build on the achievements they have made so far.

"Our engagement with the US is not limited to one meeting. We remain engaged on all aspects and at all levels, and the relationship is moving forward," he told reporters at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday night after his meeting with Gor at the State Guest House Padma.