{"id":32732,"date":"2026-03-02T12:05:37","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T12:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebangladeshtoday.com\/?p=32732"},"modified":"2026-03-02T12:05:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T12:05:46","slug":"us-ambassador-pays-courtesy-call-on-agriculture-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebangladeshtoday.com\/?p=32732","title":{"rendered":"US ambassador pays courtesy call on agriculture minister"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">US Ambassador in Dhaka Brent T. Christensen today paid a courtesy call on Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and Livestock Minister Mohammad Amin Ur Rashid at his Bangladesh Secretariat office here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the meeting, different bilateral issues of the two countries including agriculture, livestock, and mutual import-export trade dominated the discussion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Welcoming the US ambassador, the agriculture minister said both the countries have very good relations since long and the US is a development partner of Bangladesh.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said Bangladesh always welcomes the spirit of cooperation, including agricultural technology, from the United States to further accelerate the agriculture-dependent economy of Bangladesh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Greeting the newly appointed minister, the US ambassador said his country is interested to further strengthen import-export trade in the agricultural sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The agriculture minister also expressed his hope to work jointly on this issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Senior officials concerned of the Ministry of Agriculture were present on the occasion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US Ambassador in Dhaka Brent T. 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