KURIGRAM, Aug 24 (UNB): US Ambassador in Bangladesh Earl R Miller said on Saturday they will continue to put pressure on Myanmar to create conditions on the ground for the "voluntary, safe, dignified and sustainable" return of all Rohingyas to Myanmar's Rakhine State.
"The pressure should be squarely on Myanmar," he said conveying US' position which is to see a voluntary, safe, dignified and sustainable return of all Rohingyas to Myanmar.
The US envoy made the remarks while visiting Natarkandi High School at Astamir Char under Chilmari upazila of the district.
Ambassador Miller said Bangladesh has opened its heart and border to over a million people who have been persecuted and highly appreciated Bangladesh's generosity in sheltering Rohingyas.
He said the US is one of the leading countries which provided humanitarian assistance of US$ 542 million both for Rohingyas and the host community in Cox's Bazar.
Despite all the preparations, no Rohingya turned up on Thursday to avail of the "voluntary" repatriation offer given to them to go back to their place of origin in Rakhine State of Myanmar prompting the authorities to suspend the repatriation process for the day.
The US envoy also declared about donating $100,000 to the flood affected people.
US Ambassador inaugurated a programme of Care Bangladesh of distributing cash money among 5,000 people of 200 families under assistance programme for flood-hit people in the district.
Kurigram Deputy Commissioner Sultana Parvin, Police Super Mohibul Islam Khan, US Aid Bangladesh Mission Director Derrick S. Brown, Care Bangladesh's Country Director Zia Chowdhury, Upazila chairman Shawkat Ali, Upazila Nirbahi Officer Shah Md Shamsuzzoha, were, among others, present.
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