Dhaka to host int’l conference on Rohingya issue in Sept-Oct next: CA press secretary

Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam on Tuesday said that Bangladesh will hold an international conference on Rohingya crisis in Dhaka in September-October next year..

He was briefing newsmen at Foreign Service Academy in the evening in the capital.

He informed the journalist that the modalities of the conference will be finalised by April next.

The United Nation, European Union, China, India and USA and various countries of the world who are interested in this issue are likely to participate in it, said the press secretary. 

He said Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus presented the idea of holding the conference during the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) held in New York in September last.

Dr Khalilur Rahman was appointed on November 19, 2024 as the ‘High Representative on Rohingya Crisis and Priority Issues Affairs’ to the chief adviser.

Chief Adviser’s Deputy Press Secretaries Abul Kalam Azad Majumder and Apurba Jahangir were also present at the briefing.