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