A 16-strong delegation of the Parliamentary Union of the
OIC Member States (PUIC) is in Bangladesh to visit Rohingya people who have
fled ethnic cleansing in the Myanmar’s Rakhine State.
They met State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar
Alam on Tuesday and discussed the Rohingya issue and the role that can be
played by the OIC parliaments in addressing the situation.
The delegation, comprising MPs from seven member states
of the PUIC, namely Algeria, Iran, Malaysia, Morocco, Sudan and Turkey, will
visit the Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar on Wednesday, the foreign ministry
said.
The visiting MPs along with the PUIC secretary general
expressed their gratitude to Bangladesh for the humane stance taken by the
government in providing food, shelter, medical care and other humanitarian
services to the more than 1 million Rohingyas forcibly displaced from Myanmar.
The state minister appreciated the support of the
countries of the OIC in addressing the humanitarian situation arising out of
the unprecedented exodus of Rohingyas into Bangladesh over a very short period.
He briefed them on the steps being taken by the
government, including the arrangements agreed with Myanmar for repatriation of
the displaced people.
He requested the member countries to include their
support for the issue in their engagements during the forthcoming UN General
Assembly.
Source: BDNews24
Source: BDNews24