Foreign Secretary has Masud Bin Momen urged the OIC-UNHCR joint delegation to mobilize robust international support for sustainable solution to the Rohingya crisis. 

"Ensuring accountability for the atrocities committed against Rohingyas, as well as repatriation of the Rohingyas to their ancestral homeland, Myanmar or third country resettlement- are sustainable solutions to the Rohingya crisis", he said. 

The Foreign Secretary made the urge during a meeting with the visiting OIC-UNHCR joint delegation at the foreign ministry on Thursday, a foreign ministry press release said. 

At the meeting, the Foreign Secretary urged the OIC-UNHCR joint delegation to mobilize robust international support for ensuring sustainable solution to this tragic crisis and continue humanitarian assistance till repatriation is materialized.

The OIC delegation, headed by the Assistant-Secretary General for Humanitarian, Cultural and Social Affairs, Ambassador Tarig Ali Bakheet, the UNHRC delegation, headed by Mr Khaled Khalifa, Senior Advisor to the High Commissioner and UNHCR's Representative for the GCC Countries and other development partners are visiting Bangladesh from 06 August to 11 August 2023 to take stock of the situation of Rohingyas.

The Foreign Secretary stated that under the prudent leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the Government of Bangladesh has provided shelter and protection to the forcibly displaced Rohingyas from their ancestral homeland, Myanmar. 

He reiterated Bangladesh's intention towards meaningful engagement of the UN, regional bodies and other friendly nations in materializing the return of the Rohingyas to their homeland and ensuring their rights to return. He also appreciated the humanitarian assistance received from the international community.

Ambassador Momen appreciated the visit of the OIC-UNHCR delegation to the Rohingya Camps in Ukhiya & Teknaf, Cox's Bazar and hoped that the delegation had firsthand idea of the crisis as well as witnessed the efforts taken by the Government of Bangladesh with the support of the international community to alleviate the sufferings of the Rohingyas through different programmes. 

BDST: 1834 HRS, AUG 11, 2023
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