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DHAKA, April 12, 2025 (BSS) - Foreign Adviser Md Touhid Hossain today called upon international community, global and regional cooperation for safe, dignified and sustainable repatriation of the forcibly displaced Rohingyas to their place of residence in Myanmar.
He made the call when attended a panel discussion entitled 'Forced Displacement and International Responsibility' during the 'Antalya Diplomacy Forum (ADF) 2025' in Antalya, Turkey, said a foreign ministry's press release here.
At the discussion, Bangladesh foreign adviser provided a historical perspective of the genesis of the Rohingya crisis.
Besides, he also discussed the impacts of this crisis on events of regional and global importance, far and near.
Hossain emphasized that regularization of legal migration process would prevent the tendency of irregular crossing of the borders.
The other panelists were International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) Director General Michael Spindelegger and Director of Foreign Policy Research, Foundation for Political, Economic and Social Research Murat Yesiltas.
The event was moderated by Enda Brady of the TRT World, said the release.
The three-day ADF 2025 kicked off on Friday in Antalya hosted by the Turkish Foreign Ministry with the theme, "Reclaiming Diplomacy in a Fragmented World", under the patronage of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
This year's theme reflects the pressing need for diplomacy to reassert itself as a stabilizing force, amid rising global divisions.
The ADF gathered global leaders, policymakers, academics, business experts and as well as representatives of media and civil society to explore how diplomacy can turn the tide and navigate us through a fragmented world to find a common ground for collective action.
More than 20 heads of state and government, over 50 foreign ministers, more than 70 ministers, and approximately 60 senior representatives from international organizations, as well as over 4,000 guests, including students attended the forum.
