Dhaka, Feb. 23 -- Foreign Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Thursday said that the Bangladesh-US relations would further be deepened and widened with the visit of the US officials to Bangladesh.

He made the remarks when a journalist wanted to know about the upcoming visit of US Deputy Assistant Secretary at the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs Afreen Akhter.

Afreen is likely to be in Dhaka on Saturday - to take relations with Bangladesh forward.

The foreign minister also said the letter sent by US President Joe Biden to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is important to take forward the relations between the two countries.

"Their officials' visit to Bangladesh (in the coming days) would make the relations deeper and wider," he said.

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