Minister seeks int’l community’s engagement in Rakhine

Staff Reporter  :
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has sought the international community’s meaningful engagement in Rakhine State to improve the situation there and to boost humanitarian support for the Rohingyas staying in Bangladesh.

He reiterated that safe, voluntary and sustainable repatriation is the only solution to the Rohingya crisis, reports UNB.

The ongoing learning in Myanmar Curriculum and portable skill development activities for Rohingyas in Cox’s Bazar and Bhasan Char should complement the repatriation initiatives, Momen mentioned.

The Foreign Minister delivered a keynote speech at the high-level meeting on Rohingya Refugees arranged by UNHCR in Bangkok, Thailand on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi on Tuesday mentioned voluntary repatriation as the solution of the Rohingya crisis and assured to continue efforts to achieve that objective.

“This is a humanitarian crisis which must not be forgotten. Aid must be sustained and solutions explored,” Grandi said.