The United States is deeply concerned about the situation in Bangladesh, US Intelligence chief Tulsi Gabbard told NDTV World on Monday.
Speaking about the persecution of religious minorities, she said that the Trump administration was focused and committed to defeat 鈥業slamist terrorism鈥� globally.
In an exclusive interview with the Indian television channel, the US Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, said, 鈥楾he longtime unfortunate persecution, killing, and abuse of religious minorities like Hindus, Buddhists, Christians, and others has been a major area of concern for the US government and President Trump and his administration.鈥�
She went on to say that the new Cabinet under Donald Trump began talks with the interim government in Bangladesh, according to a report based on the interview available on its online news portal.聽
鈥楾he talks are just beginning between President Trump鈥檚 new cabinet coming in and the Government of Bangladesh, but this continues to remain a central focus area of concern,鈥� she said, while speaking about the rise of Islamic extremism and terrorist elements in Bangladesh.
In her remarks she spoke about the ideology of an 鈥業slamic Caliphate鈥檃nd how extremist elements and terror groups globally aimed for such an outcome.
鈥楾he threat of Islamist terrorists and the global effort of different terror groups are routed in the same ideology and objective - which is to rule or govern with an Islamist Caliphate,鈥� she said.
鈥楾his obviously affects people of any other religion, other than the one that they find acceptable, and they chose to carry this out with terror and very violent ways and means,鈥櫬� she added.
Gabbard went on to say that Donald Trump was determined to identify and defeat such an ideology and end the rise of what he calls 鈥榬adical Islamic terrorism鈥�.
鈥楶resident Trump remains committed to identifying the ideology that drives Islamist terrorism, and working to defeat this ideology and their ability exact that terror on people,鈥� the US national intelligence chief said.