The United States has given no clear indication in talks with Bangladesh on removal of sanctions imposed on the Rapid Action Battalion.
United States under-secretary for political affairs Victoria Nuland on Sunday described the matter as ‘a complex issue’ but said her country observed some improvement on issues relating to sanctions imposed on Rapid Action Battalion
‘We have seen some progress in last three months,’ she said in reply to a question on US sanctions on RAB after a partnership dialogue between the two countries.
Nuland led the US side in the talks, in which foreign secretary Masud Bin Momen led the Bangladesh side.
US Under Secretary for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland, who led the US side, told a joint press briefing that sanctions are a complicated and difficult issue, though some progress were made over the last three months.
“I think this has obviously been a complicated and difficult issue. Here, we did discuss it today,” she said.
Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen said they have raised sanctions imposed by US Treasury sanctions imposed on RAB and related individuals.
“We’ve given them a non-paper dossier on the latest on RAB and its performance, also some of our initiatives. They will take it back and look at it,” said the foreign secretary.
Earlier, Momen and Nuland had tête-à-tête at the same venue before the formal beginning of the dialogue.
