Staff Reporter :
Former UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday asked the Myanmar to allow Rohingyas to return to their home of Rakhine State “freely and safely”.
A political solution is very much important to end the Rohingya crisis, and it can be done by allowing them to return.
“There should be a political solution. And allowing Rohingays to return to their original places in Myanmar is very important to end the crisis,” said the UN former Secretary General to journalists after his meeting with Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen in a city hotel.
Ban Ki-moon commended Bangladesh’s role for sheltering over 1.1 million Rohingyas in Cox’s Bazar.
He also defended continued support for Rohingyas from UN agencies and humanitarian organisations.Describing his experience of visiting Rohingya camps, the UN former chief said, “It is hard to describe.”
Ban Ki-Moon, the current chairman of Global Commission on Adaptation, appreciated Bangladesh’s role on adaptation of climate change. He said Bangladesh is one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change.
The former UN chief arrived in Dhaka on Friday night.
He attended the 13th convocation of BRAC University held at the Army Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
The former UN boss left Dhaka at 6:30pm of the day.
In July, Moon attended the ‘Dhaka Meeting of the Global Commission on Adaptation’ held in the capital.
