OIC parliamentary body for sustainable return of Rohingyas

A 19-member delegation of the Parliamentary Union of the OIC Member States (PUIC) on Wednesday called for the sustainable return of Rohingyas as the delegation completed a three-day visit to Bangladesh.

The delegation members on Wednesday visited Rohingya camps in Cox's Bazar district to observe firsthand the situation of the forcibly displaced Rohingyas from Myanmar, reports UNB.

They called upon all the PUIC member parliaments to continue their efforts together with those of the international community and the UN in order to ensure sustainable return of the forcibly displaced Rohingyas to their ancestral homeland in Rakhine State in safety, security, dignity, and with full right of citizenship.

Learning about the dire circumstances which forced the Rohingyas to flee their homeland, the delegation condemned the systematic brutal acts committed by the Myanmar forces against this community.

They assured Bangladesh of taking up the issue with their respective parliaments, said the foreign ministry.

During their visit, the delegation met speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury and took a tour of the Bangladesh parliament.

They also met state minister for foreign affairs Md Shahriar Alam at the ministry.

The delegation included PUIC secretary general professor Mahmud Erol Klilic and the members of parliament from six member states of PUIC -- Algeria, Iran, Malaysia, Morocco, Sudan and Turkey.

The PUIC delegation visited Bangladesh following a decision of the 13th PUIC Conference in Tehran in January 2018, which mandated the member states to visit Rohingya camps in Bangladesh to take stock of their condition and consider the possibility of extending humanitarian aid to the displaced.

The 45th OIC CFM held in Dhaka in May this year garnered special attention and solidarity of the largest association of Muslim countries on the Rohingya issue.