US Ambassador to Bangladesh Brent T Christensen today paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Tarique Rahman.
The US envoy met the premier at his Cabinet Division office at the Bangladesh Secretariat at noon, said the prime minister’s Additional Press Secretary Atikur Rahman Ruman.
During the meeting, the US ambassador handed over two photographs and a replica of the White House to the prime minister.
One photograph features former president Ziaur Rahman and former US president Jimmy Carter, while the other shows former prime minister Khaleda Zia and former US president George Bush Sr.
Foreign Minister Dr Khalilur Rahman and the prime minister’s Adviser for Foreign Affairs Humaiun Kabir were present at the meeting.
During the meeting, they discussed various issues of mutual interest.
FP/MI