M Mushfiqul Fazal, State Department correspondent
The United States will continue to engage with the government, opposition, civil society, and other stakeholders to urge them to work together for the benefit of the Bangladeshi people to ensure free and fair elections.
State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said this at a briefing on Monday while replying to a query by this correspondent about the deteriorating situation which is prevailing in Bangladesh ahead of the general election. He was asked in the briefing how the US government was assessing the possibility of a free and fair election atmosphere in Bangladesh.
Mentioning that US does not want to speculate on the outcome of the elections scheduled to be held on January 7 in Bangladesh, Miller said, “I will say what we have said a number of times before, which is we will continue to engage with the government, opposition, civil society, and other stakeholders to urge them to work together for the benefit of the Bangladeshi people to ensure free and fair elections that are conducted in a peaceful manner.”
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