The United Nations (UN) Secretary General Antonio Guterres has expressed deep concern over Rohingya issue saying to provide highest efforts in resolving the crisis.
The UN chief made the remark while Bangladesh foreign minister Dr AK Abdul Momen held a bilateral meeting with him at UN headquarters in New York on Tuesday, according to a message received here on Thursday.
During the meeting, Momen sought strong support from the UN and the international community for commencing safe repatriation of Myanmar nationals from Bangladesh soon.
They discussed some particular issues regarding UN and international community’s efforts in making a sustainable solution of the Rohingya crisis.
The UN chief expressed his gratitude to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Bangladesh people for providing humanitarian support to forcefully displaced Rohingya people.
Bangladesh is now hosting over 1.1 million forcefully displaced Rohingyas in Cox’s Bazar district and most of them arrived there since August 25, 2017 after a military crackdown by Myanmar, termed as “textbook example of ethnic cleansing” by the UN.
Momen invited Guterres to attend the celebration programmes of 100th birth anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the golden jubilee of Bangladesh independence, to be held at the UN headquarters by the Bangladesh Permanent Mission.