Foreign minister AK Abdul Momen said the government will try to address any weakness as Bangladesh looks for a response from the US on its call for withdrawal of sanctions.
“We will try to rectify it, we are quite open to it,” he told journalists at his office on Monday while talking about Dhaka’s position in response to the US sanctions on Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and seven of its current and former officials.
The foreign minister wrote a letter to US Secretary of State Antony J Blinken last month requesting him to withdraw the sanctions.
Momen said the government has been looking into the matter as to why few countries are dissatisfied.
“Based on the information, we will try to rectify it,” he said.
“If they are discontented because of false information, the government will provide the correct information and explain that they are acting on false information.Our assessment is that they will understand us,” he said, adding that they (US) have a mature leadership.
Momen said the government is awaiting US response. “We are not sure when will the response come. Let it come, then we will see. We shared with them our position. Let us see how it comes up. We are always optimistic.”
Asked about appointing a law firm that can work for withdrawal of the US sanctions, he said, “When and where legal process is required, we will involve it.”