Bangladesh: Momen for UN agencies' intervention to help Rohingya repatriation

DHAKA, 12 August 2022, (TON): Foreign Minister Dr A K Abdul Momen today urged UN World Food Programme and other UN agencies operating in Myanmar's Rakhine State to help create an environment conducive to the safe, voluntary, dignified and sustainable repatriation of the Rohingya, now sheltered in Bangladesh, to Myanmar.

The foreign minister came up with the call as the newly Country Director of UN WFP Domenico Scalpelli presented his credentials to him at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Taking interest in Scalpelli's previous experience of serving in Myanmar, Dr Momen recalled his last meeting with the WFP Executive Director David M. Beasely and thanked WFP for commencing work in support of the Rohingya relocated to Bhashan Char.

A statement reads “the WFP country representative informed the foreign minister about his upcoming trip to Bhashan Char, and thanked the government for providing support to WFP staff with accommodation, transportation and other facilities there.”

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