Donald Lu lauds Bangladeshi Americans for building foundation of ties

US Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, Donald Lu, has highly appreciated the contributions of the Bangladeshi Americans in building the foundation of bilateral relations between the two nations., reports UNB
Lu was addressing, as the guest of honour, a reception hosted by the Bangladesh Embassy in Washington DC on Tuesday evening on the occasion of the Independence Day and National Day of Bangladesh.
Bangladesh Ambassador to the United States Muhammad Imran delivered the welcome address at the function held at Bangabandhu Auditorium of the mission.
The US Assistant Secretary of State said that there are a huge number of Bangladeshi Americans in the United States and it is their strength and tremendous hard work that builds the foundation of the excellent relations between the two countries.
"We are so proud of the work of the Bangladeshi Americans, what they do to support the relations between our two great nations," Bangladesh Embassy in Washington quoted Lu as saying.