But Mozena said the real underlying issue was the "coming together in meaningful dialogue to agree on a way forward."
He was replying to media queries after meeting the communications minister Obaidul Quader on Tuesday.
The US has been calling for "redoubling efforts" to reach a consensus through dialogue before the polls.
Opposition
BNP boycotted the Jan 5 elections demanding a non-party caretaker
government for its oversight. They boycotted polls and resorted to
relentless blockades and violence in which many people died.
The ruling Awami League detained many of Opposition’s senior leaders.
The two sides sat for talks through UN mediation but after the deadline for submitting the nominations had expired.
There have been three rounds of talks but so far a solution is not in sight.
The
US envoy said the need of constructive dialogue now is "more than
ever”, so that two parties “find a way forward towards a free and fair
elections that is credible in the eyes of Bangladeshi people as soon as
possible”.
He said during his meeting with the minister he
clarified the US’s position that violence from any quarter was not
acceptable, “it's not part of the democratic practice, it must stop
immediately”.
He called upon the government to ensure all
political parties have “political space” so that “they can have rallies,
processions and meetings and that their offices can be open so that
their leaders are able to lead freely”.
But he said the
opposition parties have responsibility “to use political space
responsibly and peacefully and to avoid violence”.
As the lengthy
blockades paralyse businesses, the US envoy said Bangladesh needed “to
get about the business of building Sonar Bangla”, when the country would
become a middle income one.
“….that cannot happen in a situation
of political instability and violence,” he said and that during his
meeting with the minister they shared “the belief to move through the
phase as fast as possible so that the stability returns to Bangladesh,
the whole nation can again direct its energy to build Sonar Bangla”.
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