Dhaka, July 4 -- Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Thursday said election-related matters were discussed during a recent telephone conversation between Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

He said the United States wanted to know about the upcoming national election and expressed support for the government's reform agenda.

"The two sides were talking in a sincere atmosphere. Election issues came up in between. They (US) wanted to know about the elections and expressed support for the reform agenda," the Foreign Adviser told reporters at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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