Bangladesh has asked non-resident envoys to support any international move that will push Myanmar to take back their citizens, who have taken refuge in the country’s coastal district of Cox’s Bazar.
The country has called for such support of non-resident envoys who are accredited to Bangladesh but are based in New Delhi.
Bangladesh High Commissioner to India Syed Muazzem Ali held separate briefings with the non-resident envoys of about 76 countries on the issue, said the High Commission on Saturday.
High Commissioner Muazzem Ali also spoke to journalists to know the latest situation of Rohingya exodus into Bangladesh and how Dhaka is coping with the huge humanitarian disaster arising from what the UN has described as 'an example of classic ethnic cleansing'.
Up to 612,000 Rohingya people have fled to Bangladesh since Myanmar's brutal crackdown on the minority ethnic community since August 25 in addition to over 400,000 Rohingyas already sheltered in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar raising the number to over one million, he said.
The international community has expressed support and solidarity with Bangladesh in Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's five-point proposals she presented at the current UN General Assembly session calling for an unconditional and immediate return of the displaced Rohingyas to their homeland in Myanmar and the implementation of Kofi Anan Commission's report.