Challenges won\\\'t hinder US-BD ties: Sumar

Visiting US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia (regional affairs) Fatema Sumar said although there were some challenges in the relationship between Bangladesh and the USA, they should not impede the advancement of the ties, reports UNB.
"Rather we should explore other potentials and work on those," she said during a courtesy call on State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam at Hotel Ruposhi Bangla Wednesday.
She also appreciated the improvement in the garments sector. There was a remarkable difference in the sector between pre and post - Rana Plaza incident, she said.
"We would like to see how South Asia becomes a part of Obama's Rebalancing Asia policy. We cannot ignore 1.6 billion consumers in South Asia", observed Sumar.
US Ambassador Dan Mozena and Director General (Americas) Mahfuzur Rahman were present in the meeting.
Shahriar Alam said Bangladesh was having multimodal connectivity with India which spans from physical connectivity for transportation of goods to energy cooperation.
He stated that interlinking the electric grids of Bangladesh and India was a success story of energy cooperation.