Pompeo terms Bangladesh’s PPE export to US a ‘significant milestone’

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks to the media at the State Department in Washington on 20 May.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks to the media at the State Department in Washington on 20 May.Reuters

US secretary of state Mike Pompeo has appreciated Bangladesh for exporting PPE to the US market terming it a “significant milestone.”

He said international partnerships like these are crucial as companies focus their production on supplying the PPE needed by frontline workers around the globe.

Secretary Pompeo

@SecPompeo

I join @USAmbBangladesh in congratulating Bangladesh for this significant milestone. International partnerships like these are crucial as companies focus their production on supplying the PPE needed by frontline workers around the world. https://twitter.com/USAmbBangladesh/status/1264890623670116352 

Earl R. Miller

@USAmbBangladesh

Pleased to welcome #Bangladesh to the club of world-class, large-scale #PPE manufacturing nations. This @Beximco_Group@Hanes flagship partnership is the best of 🇺🇸 & 🇧🇩 working together to beat #COVID19. #InThisTogether #PPEfromBeximco #USBDPartnership

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View image on Twitter“I join @USAmbBangladesh in congratulating Bangladesh for this significant milestone. International partnerships like these are crucial as companies focus their production on supplying the PPE needed by frontline workers around the world. #COVID19,” Pompeo said retweeting US ambassador Earl Miller’s tweet.

The US Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs at US Department of State said through their partnerships and innovation, together they will beat COVID-19.

In a separate tweet, the bureau thanked the BEXIMCO and Hanes partnership for the fast response to make PPE shipment to the US a reality.

Earlier, foreign minister AK Abdul Momen said Bangladesh has demonstrated its ability to meet global needs amid coronavirus pandemic by exporting PPE to the USA though some people unnecessarily mocked at when he disclosed such opportunities two months back.

“Our businesspeople are very smart. They did it so quickly (exporting first consignment of personal protective equipment),” he told UNB.

On 23 March, Momen told the media that USA had sent a list of 22 items that they would like to import from Bangladesh.

There was discussion about Bangladeshi businesspeople and diplomats where it was conveyed that Bangladesh is capable of exporting 14 items out of the US list.

Foreign minister Momen said Bangladesh is giving these medical supplies not only to the USA but other countries too.

Earl R. Miller

@USAmbBangladesh

Pleased to welcome to the club of world-class, large-scale manufacturing nations. This @Beximco_Group@Hanes flagship partnership is the best of 🇺🇸 & 🇧🇩 working together to beat .

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“We are sending these to some countries as donation apart from exporting to some countries,” he said.

The foreign minister said Bangladeshi garment owners made 500,000-600,000 PPE for domestic use within a week when coronavirus was identified in Bangladesh.