France, through the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), will provide €400,000 to support life-saving nutrition activities for Rohingya refugees.

More than 5,000 children under five and 1,100 pregnant and nursing women in refugee settlements in Cox's Bazar will benefit from France's support, said a press release yesterday.

“We highly appreciate the positive impact for children and women refugees from the nutrition programme and training conducted by the WFP, with our €300,000 contribution in 2017,” said Marie-Annick Bourdin, French ambassador to Bangladesh.

“France hopes that its 2018 support will further benefit both Rohingya refugees and local communities… and warmly thanks WFP for its continuous efforts,” she said.