Obama expresses desire to visit Bangladesh

Barack Obama and Sheikh Hasina

Source: The Daily Star

Thursday, September 22, 2011

UNB, New York

US President Barack Obama on Wednesday expressed his desire to visit Bangladesh during a brief conversation with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in New York.

Obama also praised Hasina for her government’s role in addressing the issue of women empowerment and in countering terrorism after a reception hosted by United Nations secretary general Ban Ki-moon at the visitor’s lobby of the UN Headquarters.

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