UN chief Guterres visits Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar, expresses solidarity with Rohingya refugees

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres visits Bangladesh, discussing Rohingya crisis, domestic issues, and expressing solidarity with refugees and host communities.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has discussed with Bangladesh's Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus the country’s domestic issues and the Rohingya situation and expressed solidarity with Dhaka’s reform and transition process.

Mr. Guterres is in Bangladesh on a “Ramadan Solidarity” visit from March 13-16.

Mr. Guterres travelled to Cox's Bazaar on a mission of solidarity with the Rohingya refugees and with the Bangladeshi people who have hosted them. 

He expressed appreciation for the close cooperation between the UN and Bangladesh, including its contributions to peacekeeping. 

“The Secretary-General and the Chief Adviser discussed the situation of the Rohingya and Bangladesh’s domestic issues. The Secretary-General expressed his solidarity with Bangladesh’s reform and transition process,” a readout of the meeting between Guterres and Yunus provided by the office of the Secretary-General’s spokesperson said on Friday (March 14, 2025).

The Secretary-General is back in Dhaka after having spent the day in Cox’s Bazaar, part of his Ramadan solidarity visit with Rohingya refugees and their Bangladeshi host communities.

Stephane Dujarric, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, told reporters at the daily press briefing that Guterres had the chance to meet with refugees, many of them young men and women, who told him about their experiences and their concerns.