BSS-47 PM-ROHINGYAS 2 LAST DHAKA

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PM-ROHINGYAS 2 LAST DHAKA

At the meeting, Paul Connet and Mrs Connet, the US nationals, highly appreciated Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for giving a huge number of Rohingyas in Bangladesh and apprised her of their visit to Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar.

They also commended the Bangladesh government for making excellent arrangements including clean drinking water and sanitation system for the Rohingyas at the camps.

“The arrangements your government has made for the Rohingyas are excellent and we’re very much impressed for it,” they told the premier.

Paul Connet and Mrs Connet said they are planning to hold a concert in the USA and the money that will be earned from it will be donated to the UNHCR for the Rohingya people.

Paul Connet recalled that he had entered Bangladesh first in October in 1971 with freedom fighters and had been impressed to see the green and scenic beauty of Bangladesh.

The prime minister expressed her profound appreciation for their love and solidarity with the people of Bangladesh during the Liberation War.

Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque, Secretary of the Ministry SM Arif-ur-Rahman and Trustee of Liberation War Museum Mafidul Haque were present.

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