We wanted a free and fair election in Bangladesh. Although these issues were on the mind before the election, we now want to rebuild the relationship.
We want to restore the relationship of trust between Bangladesh and the United States. We don't want to look back.
On Wednesday (May 15) at 4 pm US Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia Donald Lu said these things after a courtesy meeting with Dr. Hasan Mahmud. Donald Lu said that the United States had a lot of discomfort with Bangladesh last year. From there we came out. We want to look forward now, not back.