Visiting US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Thomas A Shannon will meet BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia this morning, reports UNB.

The meeting is scheduled to be held at the BNP chief's Gulshan office at 10:45am, her media wing member Shamsuddin Didar told UNB on Sunday night.

US Ambassador to Bangladesh Marcia Bernicat will also be present at the meeting, he said.

Didar said various issues relating to mutual interests of the two countries, Rohingya crisis and Bangladesh's latest political situation are likely to come up for discussion at the meeting.

Shannon arrived here today with a US delegation to join the US-Bangladesh Partnership Dialogue and discuss bilateral, regional and global issues, including the Rohingya crisis, with government and non-government officials.