UN special envoy on Myanmar likely to visit BD in June

Newly appointed UN Secretary-General's special envoy on Myanmar Christine Schraner Burgener has expressed willingness to visit the Rohingyas living in Cox's Bazar camps.

Burgener shared her willingness to visit Bangladesh when she met Bangladesh's permanent representative to the United Nations in New York Masud Bin Momen on Monday.

Ambassador Momen invited her to visit Bangladesh sooner at a time convenient to her, said the Bangladesh Mission in New York on Tuesday.

Burgener is now preparing to visit Myanmar in June and she might visit Bangladesh too at that time.

Momen invited Burgener to visit Bangladesh sooner at her convenient time, said a press release issued on Monday by Permanent Mission of Bangladesh to the United Nations.

On April 26, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced the appointment of Burgener of Switzerland as his new special envoy to Myanmar.

She brings over 25 years of experience in diplomacy, having served in various high-level Government positions in the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, reports UNB.