UN chief Guterres calls on international community to provide support to Rohingya refugees

DHAKA: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday called upon the international community to provide necessary financial and political support for Rohingya refugees and their host communities “to avoid humanitarian disasters” in Bangladesh, state-run BSS news agency said.

Guterres, who is on a four-day visit from March 13 to Bangladesh, was addressing a joint press briefing in Dhaka, a day after he travelled to Cox’s Bazaar on “a mission of solidarity” with the Rohingya refugees.

The plight of more than 1 million Rohingya refugees from Myanmar remains uncertain over possible aid cuts in near future. PTI