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The European Union's strategy is very much similar to the United States' updated Indo-Pacific Strategy (IPS), said EU special envoy for Indo-Pacific Gabriele Visentin, adding that since both the EU and the US are interested in working with Bangladesh on the IPS, there are scopes for working wherever Bangladesh wants to work. The EU wants that the Indo-Pacific continues to be free and open, he mentioned while speaking at an exchange of views with diplomatic correspondents at the National Press Club in the capital on Friday morning. "Since the priorities of the US and the EU are similar and they think similarly about involving Bangladesh, both sides can work together on various issues with Bangladesh. And there is no need to work with all the elements. There are opportunities to work where Bangladesh wants to work." Gabriele Visentin also told the event that he talked to the US ambassador in Bangladesh on Thursday in this regard. The envoy said the EU's strategy is all about "cooperation not confrontation." "So, this strategy is also about scaling up and diversifying our political and economic partnership across the Indo-Pacific. We want to uphold international law and multilateralism," he said at the interactive session. He said the EU wants to deepen its cooperation with democratic like-minded partners. The special envoy also claimed that their strategy is inclusive and open to all their partners wishing to cooperate with the EU and it does include China.
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