Dhaka, Jan. 7 -- A delegation from the European Union has met Jamaat-e-Islami chief Shafiqur Rahman to discuss the upcoming general election and the Rohingya crisis.

The three-member delegation, led by Paola Pampaloni, director for Asia and the Pacific at the European External Action Service (EEAS), paid a courtesy call on Shafiqur at his office in Dhaka's Bashundhara on Wednesday morning.

The delegation also included Michael Miller, the European Union's ambassador to Bangladesh, and Monika Bylaitė, deputy head of the South Asia Division at the EEAS.

In a statement issued after the meeting, Jamaat deputy chief Taher said the talks focused on the possibility of the EU sending election observers to the upcoming national election, as...