DHAKA, March 14 (Xinhua) -- United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is visiting Bangladesh to inspect the situation of more than 1 million Rohingya refugees in the country, officials said.

During his four-day tour to Bangladesh, Guterres is scheduled to join tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees in an Iftar, the evening meal when Muslims break their fast during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, on Friday.

The Rohingya refugees are now living in camps in Bangladeshi Cox's Bazar district, some 400 km southeast of capital Dhaka

Bangladeshi Foreign Adviser Md Touhid Hossain welcomed Guterres upon his arrival at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport Thursday.

Guterres is scheduled to leave Dhaka on Sunday morning to wrap up his second visit to Bangladesh. Enditem

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