US Ambassador to Bangladesh Dan Mozena yesterday said any dialogue for the 10th parliamentary polls was quite late but a meaningful dialogue to agree on a way forward to hold free, fair and credible election was important.
“I should think at this point it is getting very late for the 10th elections. So, whether the 10th or 11th, whatever the two parties decide that’s really not so much the question as is the issue of coming together in meaningful dialogue to agree on a way forward,” he said after a meeting with Communication Minister Obaidul Quader at the Secretariat in the city.
Mozena believes the need for having a constructive dialogue between the two major parties is more important than ever to find a way forward towards free and fair elections that are credible in the eyes of Bangladeshi people as soon as possible.
“I told the government and all the political parties to have political space so that they can have their rallies, processions and human chains,” he said.
“I explained the US’ view that the opposition parties have their responsibility to use political space responsibly and peacefully to avoid violence.”
