Visiting US Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs, Alice Wells, had a meeting with Foreign Secretary M Shahidul Haque on Sunday.
They discussed bilateral, regional, and global pressing issues, including the Rohingya situation.
During the meeting held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, they also had a brief discussion on political affairs, including the upcoming elections, said a Foreign Ministry source.
They discussed strengthening the US-Bangladesh partnership and collaboration on building a prosperous, secure, and interconnected Indo-Pacific region.
She reached Cox's Bazar in the afternoon to visit Rohingya camps in the district, that are sheltering nearly one million Rohingya.
On Monday, the US official on a four-day visit to Bangladesh, will return to Dhaka and brief media at a hotel in the capital in the evening.
She will meet officials from UN organizations, NGOs, and local government, to discuss their efforts to ensure the assistance reaches the affected population.
The US official expressed appreciation for Bangladesh's continued generosity in responding to the Rohingya crisis.
