US navy secy due Jul 13

DHAKA: US Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus will arrive here on a two-day official visit on July 13 for strengthening bilateral security relationship.

Secretary Mabus’s visit to Bangladesh is intended to deepen the bilateral security relationship between the United States and Bangladesh, and offer appreciation the Government of Bangladesh for its continued friendship and support to the US.

The secretary will discuss regional priorities, peacekeeping, defense reforms, and security assistance with a view to identifying opportunities to further developing the relationship between the two countries.

He is scheduled to leave Dhaka on July 15.

Ray Mabus is the 75th United States Secretary of the Navy.

He joined the administration of President Barack Obama on May 21, 2009.

BDST: 2020 HRS, JUL 05, 2012
Edited by:Mohammed Humayun Kabir, Sr Newsroom Editor / M. Mahbub Alam, Asst Output Editor