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