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Guterres arrives to assess progress of Rohingyas repatriation
DHAKA, July 1, 2018 (BSS) – United Nations Secretary General Antonio
Guterres arrived here early this morning to assess progress towards a safe,
voluntary and dignified return of Rohingyas.
Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali received the UN chief when he arrived at
Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport by a Qatar Airways flight (QR 638) at
2:06am.
The UN chief along with World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim, who
arrived here on Saturday, will jointly meet Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at
11 am at the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) on Sunday, a foreign office told
BSS.
The Secretary General is also scheduled to attend a session on 2030
Sustainable Development Agenda at the Prime Minister Office.
From the PMO, Guterres will go to Dhanmondi to visit Bangabandhu Memorial
Museum, the official said.
The Secretary General is also scheduled to meet the United Nations and
World Bank Country Team in Bangladesh at Radisson Hotel in the afternoon.
After that he will join a dinner, hosted by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
at Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel in the city.
The UN chief will leave for Cox’s Bazar by a special flight of Biman
Bangladesh Airlines to visit the Rohingya camp on Monday.
Foreign Minister Ali, WB President and United Nations High Commissioner
for Refugees Filippo Grandi, among others, will accompany him.
Guterres will visit Kutupalang camp and women-friendly space there.
He is scheduled to back Dhaka on the same day and scheduled to brief media
in the evening.
The UN Secretary General will leave Dhaka at 12.40 am on Monday night.
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