Dhaka, May 14 (UNB) - Executive Director of World Food Programme (WFP) David M Beasley has laid emphasis on working closely with the international community to resolve the Rohingya crisis.
He also lauded the role of Bangladesh government in providing shelter to over 1.2 Rohingya people in Cox’s Bazar district who were forcefully displaced from Myanmar’s Rakhine state.
The WFP Executive Director mentioned this in a letter sent to Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen, said the Foreign Ministry on Tuesday.
He congratulated minister Momen on taking office as Foreign Minister and hoped that the colourful career at the United Nations will contribute to resolving the ‘critical issue.’
The Foreign Minister served as Bangladesh’s Permanent Representative to the UN.