Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday reiterated her call to the international community and the United Nations (UN) to play intensified role in solving the Rohingya crisis by repatriating the forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals to their motherland.
The premier made this call while UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi paid a courtesy call on her at the bilateral meeting room of Lotte New York Palace hotel, reports BSS.
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen briefed the newsmen about the activities of the Prime Minister on the sidelines of the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).
In the meeting with UNHCR’s High Commissioner Grandi, Sheikh Hasina also emphasized enhancing UNHCR's activities in Myanmar on Rohingya issues.
In reply, Grandi said that he would visit Myanmar soon.
The Prime Minister restated that the Rohingya crisis can only be resolved through repatriating the forcibly displaced Rohingyas to their motherland Myanmar.
During the meeting, they discussed in details the present activities of UNHCR to help the Rohingyas who took shelter in Cox's Bazar and Bhashanchar in Bangladesh.
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