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Turkish PM to visit Bangladesh, Rohingya camps

On 2-day visit next week, Binali Yildirim will hold high-level meeting in Dhaka and visit Rohingya camps in Cox's Bazar

16.12.2017 - Update : 17.12.2017
Turkish PM to visit Bangladesh, Rohingya camps FILE PHOTO - A view of a refugee camp where Rohingya people, fled from oppression within ongoing military operations in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, live in on December 8, 2017 in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Hundred of thousands Rohingya Muslims try to live with insanitary conditions in shelters made by bamboo, adobe or nylon without any electricity, water and sanitation access at the makeshift camps near Cox's Bazar close to Myanmar border. Since August 25, when the military launched a crackdown against Rohingya militants, 515,000 Rohingya have crossed from Myanmar's western state of Rakhine into Bangladesh, according to the UN. ( Fırat Yurdakul - Anadolu Agency )

By Ilkay Guder

ANKARA

Turkey’s prime minister will pay a two-day official visit to Dhaka next week at the invitation of his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina, the Prime Ministry Press Center said on Saturday.

The center said in a statement that Binali Yildirim will hold a number of high-level meeting during his visit on Dec. 19-20.

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim

During the visit, the relations between Bangladesh and Turkey, which is based on friendship and brotherhood, is expected to be discussed comprehensively, said the statement, adding that views on regional issues, especially the Rohingya crisis, will also be exchanged.

Yildirim will proceed to Cox's Bazar in southeastern Bangladesh -- an area hosting hundreds of thousands Rohingya refugees who fled a military crackdown in Myanmar -- after his official meetings in the capital Dhaka.

Some 650,000 Rohingya have crossed from Myanmar into Bangladesh since Aug. 25, according to UN figures.

Yildirim will visit the camps where the Rohingya Muslims took shelter, observing the refugees’ situation and the humanitarian aid efforts by international groups along with the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA), Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD), and Turkey’s Religious Affairs Directorate in the region, said the statement.

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