“We’ve got been in contact with our Indian companions,” the US State Division spokesperson mentioned.
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The USA is in contact with India and different nations within the area relating to the state of affairs in Bangladesh and is in search of an finish to the violence there, a State Division official has mentioned.
“I am not going to get into personal diplomatic discussions however we proceed to push for an finish to violence in Bangladesh, accountability and for the respect for rule of regulation,” US State Division Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel mentioned at his day by day information convention on Wednesday.
He was responding to a query relating to the communication between India and the US on the state of affairs in Bangladesh following the collapse of the Sheikh Hasina authorities.
“We’ve got been in contact with our Indian companions in addition to different nations within the area to debate current occasions in Bangladesh,” Patel mentioned.
He additionally welcomed Bangladesh’s Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus’ assertion, calling for calm and an finish to the current violence. “We welcome the brand new authorities’s concentrate on restoring safety and safety of members of minority communities as effectively,” Patel mentioned.
In the meantime, the Hindu American Basis on Wednesday urged the White Home to behave to guard the minority Hindu group in Bangladesh.
“Newest studies are that the President (Joe Biden) shouldn’t be commenting on the plight of Bangladeshi Hindus regardless of persevering with studies of assaults,” the inspiration mentioned.
“Demand Motion Now! The silence from President, Vice President and Secretary Blinken on the atrocities towards #BangladeshiHindus is unacceptable. Lives misplaced, houses & temples destroyed – but no condemnation from our US authorities,” it mentioned in a publish on X.
Washington-based NGO HinduACTion claimed that Hindus in rural areas of Bangladesh are being focused probably the most.
“Their remoteness permits the Islamists extra freedom and time to focus on them. Now that Mohammad Yunus is the brand new caretaker leaders, ought to the Vice President and the State Division work in direction of enabling grassroots training and consciousness that ensures that the nation’s Madrassa curriculum and the general public discourse is purged of its anti-Hindu theological content material.
“We hope the president and his advisors understand that if Bangladesh loses the final eight per cent of its Hindus, will probably be a Taliban state with quite a lot of tree cover cowl,” it mentioned on X.
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