A European Union High Representative visited the makeshift Rohingya camps in Ukhia upazila in Cox’s Bazar on Saturday.
Foreign ministers of Germany, Sweden and Japan also visited the refugee camps in the district, says a report on UNB.
They are-- High Representative of the EU Federica Mogherini and Foreign Ministers Taro Kono of Japan, Sigmar Gabriel of Germany and Margot Wallström of Sweden.
They, led by Bangladesh Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali, reached the camps by a helicopter in the morning
They visited the Rohingya camps and heard the horrific experiences of the Rohinya people fled from Myanmar amid persecution.
They also monitored the relief distribution works and visited health centres at the camps.
At a press briefing after the visit, Sigmar Gabriel said they talked to the Rohingya people and it is clear that the atrocities on the Rohingya people by the Myanmar army are not acceptable and this will be discussed at ASEM meeting.
State minister of Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam at a press briefing after the visit said the visiting foreign ministers and EU envoy thanked the government of Bangladesh for giving shelter to such huge number of Rohingyas .
The foreign ministers and the EU envoy will go to Nay Pyi Taw in Myanmar for attending the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) and they will discuss there the Rohingya issue, said the junior minister.
Earlier in the morning, Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono met AH Mahmood Ali at Pan Pacific Sonargaon hotel in the capital.
