DHAKA, Dec 25 (NNN-BSS) – Australia will provide around 235 million U.S. dollars to Bangladesh, for dignified return of more than one million forcibly displaced Rohingyas to their motherland in Myanmar, local media reported, today.
The commitment came, when outgoing Australian High Commissioner to Bangladesh, Jeremy Bruer, made a farewell call on Bangladeshi Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, in Dhaka.
On the Rohingya issue, the envoy reiterated his country’s support to Bangladesh for dignified return of forcibly displaced Rohingyas to Myanmar, saying, his country would give some 235 million dollars for them.
More than one million displaced Rohingyas from Myanmar are living in Cox’s Bazar, some 300 km south-east of the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka.– NNN-BSS