Rohingya repatriation is only solution: Momen

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has said safe, voluntary and sustainable repatriation is the only solution to the Rohingya crisis.

He made the remarks while delivering the keynote speech at the "High-Level meeting on Rohingya Refugees" arranged by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Bangkok, Thailand on Tuesday, according to a foreign ministry press release issued Wednesday.

Momen urged for 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.

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, he said.

During the event, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi called on Bangladesh's Foreign Minister.

Dr Momen thanked UNHCR for its continued humanitarian support for the Rohingyas and sought cooperation to realize the rights and expectations of the forcefully displaced people to return to Myanmar.

Noting that voluntary repatriation is the solution to the Rohingya crisis, Grandi assured to continue efforts to achieve that objective.

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