<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) on Thursday said it is a diplomatic procedure to inform the host country through diplomatic channels when any ambassador or high commissioner leaves the station which MoFA does not make public.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>“It was not supposed to be shared publicly,” MoFA Spokesperson Seheli Sabrin told reporters when her attention was drawn about US Ambassador to Bangladesh Peter Haas’ station leave.</div><div><br></div><div>She said when any ambassador or high commissioner leaves the station, they are informing the MoFA through a diplomatic note, which also mentions who will be acting chief of the mission in absence of that particular diplomat.</div><div><br></div><div>They also need to inform their respective headquarters, said the Spokesperson.</div><div><br></div><div>Seheli also said there is no scope to spread misinformation or disinformation as there is a spokesperson at the US Embassy in Dhaka.</div><div><br></div><div>She said the same way if any Bangladeshi diplomat leaves the station, he or she also conveys it to the host country and MoFA here.</div><div><br></div><div>There has been much discussion since morning regarding the departure of Ambassador Haas though the US Embassy did not make any comment when approached to know what exactly happened.</div><div><br></div><div>A section of media reported that the US envoy went on vacation and left Dhaka on Thursday noon for Colombo, Sri Lanka. According to UNB reports&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div><div><br></div>