DHAKA, 12 May 2022, (TON): A senior visiting USAID official said “United State is committed to continue its support to Bangladesh over Rohingya crisis despite its additional funding to Ukraine in view of “unprecedented humanitarian crisis” there.”

USAID’s Deputy Administrator Isobel Coleman told a media “we are committed to continuing our support for Rohingya response.”  

She added “there is a very principal approach that we take towards humanitarian response and making sure that the refugees who are here receive the basic needs to meet is a priority for us.”

In an apparent reference to the enhanced US focus on Ukraine, Coleman said  the US congress already responded with additional funds to address the European challenge.

She said “the Russian military assaults on Ukraine virtually caused a global crisis posing a threat of worldwide food crisis, prompting the USAID to work closely with the US congress to face the situation with extra funding as manifestation of the Americans generosity.”

She said “we can deal with food crises (worldwide) that has resulted by Russian unprovoked invasion in Ukraine.”