Dhaka, June 3 -- With uncertainty hanging over global energy markets amid the conflict in West Asia, Bangladesh is looking to strengthen cooperation with the United States on fuel imports, gas exploration and investment.

Those issues featured prominently in a meeting between Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury and US Ambassador to Bangladesh Brent T Christensen at the Secretariat on Wednesday

The two sides reviewed opportunities to deepen economic and commercial ties.

"We discussed the progress of trade and business activities with the United States," Khosru later said.

"We also discussed developments related to US involvement in gas exploration, as well as Bangladesh's imports of gas and oil from the United States."

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