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BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and BNP Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed have reached Hotel InterContinental in the capital to meet United Nations (UN) Secretary General Antonio Guterres, who is currently visiting Bangladesh. The meeting with Guterres is set at 1pm at Hotel InterContinental in the capital, Shayrul Kabir Khan, a member of BNP's media cell, told media yesterday (14 March).
He said BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and other party representatives will participate in the meeting with the UN chief. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres arrived in Bangladesh on a four-day visit at the invitation of Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Thursday afternoon (13 March).
On Friday morning (14 March), the UN secretary general met with the chief adviser at his office. After the meeting, they departed for Cox's Bazar on the same plane, where they visited the Rohingya refugee camps and joined an iftar event with around 100,000 Rohingyas.
Prior t the meeting with the CA, Guterres met with the foreign affairs adviser and discussed Bangladesh's ongoing changes and reform process. Guterres expressed gratitude for the close cooperation between the UN and Bangladesh and for Bangladesh's generosity toward Rohingya refugees.
The UN secretary general also thanked Bangladesh for its strong commitment to peacekeeping. Khalilur Rahman, the chief adviser's high representative for Rohingya issues, also met with the UN chief and discussed issues related to the Rohingya crisis.
According to a UN message, the secretary general and CA's high representative discussed the situation in Myanmar's Rakhine state and the upcoming high-level conference on Rohingya and other minorities in Myanmar.
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