DHAKA: US House Committee on Foreign Affairs denied the press statement on Bangladesh broadcasted and published on January 6 and 7 in some Bangladeshi media saying ‘US is concerned about political violence’.

Committee chairman Ed Royce, and Committee’s Ranking Member Eliot Engel, in a joint statement, said that the press report in this regards involving some congressmen are fake.

The House Committee on Foreign Affairs published the statement on January 8 (local time).

The statement said, “Certain press reports in Bangladeshi media outlets dated January 7 regarding the political situation in Bangladesh are based upon a fraudulent statement attributed to the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee and certain Members of Congress, including Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA), Ranking Member Eliot Engel (D-NY), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), George Holding (R-NC), and Grace Meng (D-NY).”

“Though the Committee and many Members of Congress continue to monitor the political situation in Bangladesh, the Committee did not -- and the Members did not -- issue any such statement,” the statement added.

It also said, “It is unacceptable that any party would seek to use a fraudulent press statement from the U.S. Congress to advance their political goals”.

BDST: 2012 HRS, JAN 9, 2015