UNCLAS BRUSSELS 004361

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON BG EUN USEU BRUSSELS
SUBJECT: EU PLANNING EXPERTS MEETING ON THE SITUATION IN
BANGLADESH

REF: STATE 213215

(U) We raised reftel message concerning the deteriorating
situation in Bangladesh with Bruno Hanses, South Asia Officer
in the External and Politico-Military Affairs Directorate of
the European Council. Hanses told us that there will be a
meeting of EU Bangladesh experts on October 21 to consider
the issues raised in reftel. He suggested that the October
18 US-EU Troika meeting on Asia in Washington would be a good
occasion for an exchange of views on the subject.

Scott