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Washington’s South Asia official to visit Bangladesh
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs of the US administration Alice Wells will meet senior government officials and visit Cox’s Bazar to see Rohingya refugees during the Bangladesh visit.
Published : 19 Oct 2018, 07:24 PM
Updated : 19 Oct 2018, 07:24 PM
The State Department in a statement said she will travel to Dhaka and Cox’s Bazar from Oct 20 to Oct 23.
In Dhaka, she will meet senior officials from the government to discuss strengthening the US-Bangladesh partnership and collaboration on building a prosperous, secure, and interconnected Indo-Pacific region.
On Oct 21, Wells will travel to Cox’s Bazar to visit refugee camps sheltering nearly one million Rohingya, who fled Myanmar in the wake of ethnic cleansing perpetrated by the Burmese military in Rakhine State.
She will meet officials from UN organisations, NGOs, and local government to discuss their efforts to ensure assistance reaches the affected populations.
“Throughout her trip, she will express appreciation for Bangladesh’s continued generosity in responding to the refugee crisis and support for the upcoming elections,” according to the statement.
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