Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali made the announcement after briefing diplomats representing Security Council member states in Dhaka on Wednesday. Sweden, the US, Britain, France, Egypt, Senegal, and Kazakhstan have requested the meeting. In preparation for Thursday's public meeting, the council will be briefed behind closed doors on Tuesday by UN political affairs chief Jeffrey Feltman, diplomats said. The council has already met twice behind closed doors since the crisis began and earlier this month issued an informal statement to the press condemning the situation and urging Myanmar authorities to end the violence. Some 480,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled to Bangladesh from Myanmar since Aug 25, when attacks by Rohingya militants triggered a military crackdown.

Source: bd News24 September 27, 2017 09:00 UTC