Dhaka, ICRC for strengthening cooperation on Rohingyas

BSS
Published On: 01 Sep 2025, 19:19

DHAKA, Sept 1, 2025 (BSS) – Bangladesh and International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) today showed interest to further increase ongoing support for forcibly displaced Rohingyas and host communities. 

The interest was showed when the newly appointed ICRC Head of Delegation in Bangladesh Nicolas Paul Albin Fleury presented his credential to Foreign Affair Adviser Md Touhid Hossain at the foreign ministry here, said a ministry’s press release.  

During the meeting, they also exchanged views on strengthening cooperation between Bangladesh and the ICRC in areas of humanitarian assistance, disaster management and international humanitarian law. 

The Adviser assured the government’s continued support with the ICRC which has been operational in Bangladesh since 2010.

Fleury also called on Foreign Secretary Asad Alam Siam and discussed the ICRC’s ongoing and planned activities in Bangladesh. 

Foreign Secretary, chair of the National IHL Committee of Bangladesh, commended ICRC on its assistance in the work of the Committee. 

He also discussed Bangladesh’s ongoing involvement in the Global IHL Initiative of ICRC.

Fleury, a Swiss national, has had a distinguished career with the ICRC, serving in Ukraine, Nagorno-Karabakh, Central Asia, the Caucasus, and the Balkans, as well as at the ICRC Headquarters in Geneva.

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