United States Secretary of State John Kerry, during his trip to Dhaka, made clear Washington’s expectations that the progress on democracy and human rights in Bangladesh will continue and will be better than now, US Department of State has said.
“But by and large, and if you look at – again, I don’t want to spoil the read for you, but I mean, they talked about counterterrorism, they talked about climate change, they talked about Bangladesh’s progress on democracy and human rights,” State Department Spokesperson John Kirby told a questioner at a regular briefing in Washington on Tuesday.
And, he said, “The secretary certainly made clear our expectations that that kind of progress would continue and deepen and grow and be better than it is right now.”
“So it was a wide-ranging set of discussions, but again, I encourage you to go look at our website and you can see all the things that were discussed in Bangladesh are there,” he added.
Meanwhile, US Secretary of State Kerry yesterday spoke about the delimitation of maritime boundary between Bangladesh and India resolved at the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague, according to NDTV.
“We discussed how India's decision to accept an international tribunal judgement regarding its maritime border with Bangladesh actually stands apart,” he told an interaction at the Indian Institute of Technology in Delhi. “This is the kind of policy that supports the rule of law that brings us closer and in my judgement reflects a sense of confidence and a sense of responsibility,” says the transcript.
“It is a model of how potentially dangerous disputes can be resolved in a mature and peaceful manner including the South China Sea where the US urges China and the Philippines to respect the judgement of the international tribunal which is final and legally binding on both parties,” it said.
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