Sheikh Hasina also pursued a policy of friendly relations with Russia and China.
On March 20, 2022, former US Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland visited Bangladesh, “aiming to force Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s government to align with the US-NATO war drive against Russia,”
In 2023, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced sanctions against individuals “undermining the democratic election process” in Bangladesh. PM Sheikh Hasina accused the Biden Regime of seeking “regime change” and of “trying to eliminate democracy” in her country.
In May 2024, Sheikh Hasina accused the US of seeking to partition Bangladesh. “The same month, she revealed she had been offered an easy victory in elections held in January in exchange for permission to an unnamed Western power to build up an airbase on Bangladesh’s St. Martin’s Island in the Bay of Bengal.
The US Agency for Global Media’s Voice of America supported a boycott of elections in January, which Hasina won. State Department spokesman Mathew Miller then claimed the election was “not free or fair.”
Russia has accused Biden Regime Ambassador Peter Haas of interfering in Bangladesh’s internal affairs by aiding anti-government rallies and meeting with opposition leaders. Haas resigned in July 2024 and left the country without thanking the Bangladeshi government, considered an affront in diplomatic circles.
