UN resident coordinator Gwyn Lewis meets BNP leaders

UN resident coordinator Gwyn Lewis meets BNP leaders

The newly appointed United Nations resident coordinator in Bangladesh Gwyn Lewis on Tuesday met leaders of opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party at the BNP chairperson office at Gulshan in Dhaka.

Gwyn Lewis, accompanied by her peace and development advisor Becky Adda-Dontoh, held a meeting with the BNP’s secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir for about one hour and a half from 2:00pm.

BNP standing committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury and its organising secretary Shama Obaed were also present.

Asked about the meeting talking points, Amir Khasru said that they were not willing to brief the press about the meeting with the UN officials.