President to visit Rohingya camps Sunday


FE Team | Published: November 25, 2017 19:55:41 | Updated: November 26, 2017 13:21:04


President to visit Rohingya camps today

President Md Abdul Hamid will visit Rohingya camps in Ukhiya upazila of Cox's Bazar on Sunday.

President's Press Secretary Mohammad Joynal Abedin said Abdul Hamid is going to Cox's Bazar on a two-day visit.

The press secretary said President will distribute relief materials among the displaced Rohingyas at Kutupalong Rohingya camp.

Abdul Hamid would speak to the Rohingyas and listen to their stories of their plights during his visit, Joynal Abedin said.

On the next day, President Hamid will inaugurate a programme titled "Indian Ocean Naval Symposium' (IONS) Multilateral Maritime Search Rescue Exercise -2017 (IMMSARFEX-2017).

A spokesman of Bangladesh Navy said, Bangladesh navy is organising the programme at Hotel Royal Tulip adjacent to the Unani Beach of Cox's Bazar.

Warships, navy chiefs, concerned high officials and maritime experts of some 32 countries, including nine observers, are attending the programme, the spokesman said.

President Hamid will return to Bangabhaban on Monday afternoon.

According to BSS, Hamid is visiting Rohingya camps two days after signing a deal with Myanmar for Rohingyas' repatriation.

More than 620,000 Rohingyas fled to Bangladesh since the August 25 army crackdown began in Rakhine of Myanmar

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