Momen decries expatriate’s killing in US

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Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen yesterday condemned the killing of a Bangladeshi expatriate living in the US and said Bangladesh does not want hate crimes anywhere in the world.

“The Bangladeshi community there [in the US] are calling it a hate crime,” Momen told reporters about the killing that took place at Cambridge, Massachusetts on Thursday.

Earlier in the day, he inaugurated the three-day “Peace Run Bangladesh” by lighting the peace torch at the Suhrawardy Udyan premises in the capital.

“We want to stop racism, communal violence, and establish peace in the world,” Momen said.

Regarding the Bangladesh visit of US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Lu, Momen said, “We welcome Donald Lu. He is like a policymaker in this area.”

“We have have multifaceted engagements with the US. There will be talks on different issues when he (Donald Lu) comes.”

Donald Lu became Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs on September 15, 2021.

Replying to a question from reporters about US sanctions on Rab, the minister said bilateral relations are not determined by one single issue.

“The US is our biggest consumer and also our biggest investor. With engagements on many areas, we don’t have to worry about just one issue. We both have common values and principles.”