- Minister for the Indo-Pacific,
, announces new UK
funding through the World Food Programme to help 449,000
people.
- She is visiting Bangladesh for the
first time in her role to strengthen historic UK-Bangladesh ties.
- She will meet Prime Minister Sheikh
Hasina and Foreign Minister Dr A K Abdul Momen, and strengthen
UK-Bangladesh partnership on climate action.
Minister for the Indo-Pacific will visit Cox’s Bazar
this week to see first-hand how UK support is providing a
lifeline to Rohingya people in the camps.
During her first visit to Bangladesh in the role, she will also
set out how the UK is providing new humanitarian support through
the World Food Programme to supply food for 449,000 people living
in the camps this month.
UK support will also go to the United Nations High Commissioner
for Refugees (UNHCR) for pressure cookers that can help to reduce
the consumption of cooking gas.
Minister for the Indo-Pacific, said:
“The UK is committed to supporting Rohingya people who are
continue to live in Cox’s Bazar. We are helping the World Food
Programme feed 449,000 people, as well as providing pressure
cookers that can help to reduce the consumption of cooking gas.
“The UK continues to push for a long-term solution that will
enable the Rohingya to return to Myanmar on a safe, voluntary and
dignified basis.”
During her visit, Minister Trevelyan will meet Bangladesh’s Prime
Minister Sheikh Hasina and Foreign Minister Dr A K Abdul Momen as
well as hold talks with civil society organisations.
British High Commissioner to Bangladesh, Robert
Chatterton Dickson, said:
“I’m pleased to welcome the Minister for the Indo-Pacific to
Bangladesh. The UK's partnership with Bangladesh is a unique and
valued relationship which contributes much to the prosperity and
security of both our countries.
“This visit reaffirms the UK’s firm commitment to Bangladesh as a
fast growing Indo-Pacific partner with strong people to people
connections and our ambition to work even more closely together
in the future’.
Notes for editors:
The new package of funding totals £5.26 million. £4.26 million
will be distributed through the World Food Programme and £1
million will go through the UNHCR for pressure cookers.
Since 2017, the UK has provided £350 million to support Rohingya,
and Bangladeshi host communities. This has included food,
shelter, water and sanitation, healthcare and protection services
that are vital for women and girls in the camps.