INTERNATIONAL
THE NEWS
Tue Mar 26, 2019
DHAKA: The UN will raise the issue of Bangladesh incidents of 1971 in the international forum, visiting UN Under Secretary General Adama Dieng has said. The UN official announced this in a meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her office on Monday. After the meeting, PM’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim briefed reporters. The press secretary said the PM and the UN under secretary general discussed the Rohingya issue. He said Adama Dieng described the Myanmar’s atrocities on the Rohingyas as a genocide and renewed the UN’s strong support to Bangladesh on the issue.
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