The New Nation - Internet Edition

UNB, Dhaka

US Ambassador James Moriarty Wednesday made a courtesy call on Foreign Secretary Touhid Hossain and discussed a broad range of bilateral issues between Dhaka and Washington. After the nearly 40-minute meeting, the US Ambassador told reporters that he had very nice discussion with the Foreign Secretary on entire range of bilateral issues, but would not go into details about the subjects discussed.

This was Moriarty's first meeting with the top Foreign Ministry official after he presented his credentials to the President on April 21.

Later, the Foreign Secretary told reporters that they discussed issues including Bangladesh's GSP facilities in US market and Dhaka's desire to have access to MCA (Millennium Challenge Account) of the US President.