Staff Reporter:
Foreign Affairs adviser Md Touhid Hossain does not believe that there will be any significant change in Bangladesh’s relations under Donald Trump’s presidency.
“We don’t need to split our positions on this matter. Let’s wait for two to three months. There’s still time; he will take office after two months,” he said, replying to a question on Thursday.
“After he (Trump) assumes office, we will see what steps he takes, and based on that, we will act… He hasn’t said anything about whether he will have a good or bad relationship with Bangladesh; he hasn’t mentioned anything,” he further said, as Trump would take the charge of the Presidency on January 20 as per US rules.
His return to power triggered a lot of speculation as chief adviser of the interim government Dr Muhammad Yunus is a friend of Trump’s rival Democratic party.
The chief adviser’s office, however, said that Dr Yunus has friends in both the political parties.
The foreign adviser said the US’s relations with Bangladesh are not solely dependent on the political party in power.
“The discussions and negotiations we were having with the Biden administration are not drastically different from those we had with the previous Trump administration. Therefore, it would not be accurate to say that there will be a significant change in relations between the Trump and Biden administrations regarding Bangladesh; I don’t believe that at all,” he said.
“I will observe, and we will try to communicate. Then we will see what happens,” the Foreign Affairs Adviser said.
