State minister for foreign affairs Md Shahriar Alam led the Bangladesh delegation at the summit on Friday chaired by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. "Rohingya crisis has received prominence in the D-8 summit held in Istanbul," the ministry said in a statement adding "They termed the recent situation in Myanmar’s Rakhine State as ethnic cleansing." Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi recalled his recent visit to Bangladesh and stressed on further mobilizing international support to address the crisis. The state minister, in his statement, appreciated the D-8 members’ active support regarding the Rohingyas under existential crisis. He briefed the D-8 members on Bangladesh’s “open door policy” towards the displaced Rohingyas and emphasised on the five-point formula presented by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the last UN General Assembly for bringing a lasting solution.

Source: bd News24 October 20, 2017 17:26 UTC