At the meeting, the food minister requested US technical assistance and the sending of experts to Chattogram and Mongla ports to increase capacity for testing the quality of imported rice and wheat. She also discussed using US modern technology and experts' experience to address the challenge of long-term food grain storage in the context of Bangladesh's weather.

In response, the US ambassador assured that the matter of technical assistance to ensure safe food would be considered. Both sides expressed satisfaction that wheat import from the United States had been completed within the stipulated time under the agreement. US Agricultural Attaché Erin Covert, Food Secretary Abu Taher Md. Masud Rana, and Director General of the Directorate General of Food Md. Jasim Uddin Khan, along with senior officials, were present at the time.