New Delhi, March 1 -- United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will visit Bangladesh next month to participate in an Iftar with Rohingya refugees in Cox Bazar.

According to his Spokesperson Stephane Dujarric, Gutierres will also go to Dhaka and meet with Muhammed Yunus, the interim administration's head, during the trip from March 13 to 16.

Guterres visits "a Muslim community which is facing distress" as a sign of "Ramadan solidarity" and this year chose to visit the refugees from Myanmar in Bangladesh, Dujarric said.

He will also be with "Bangladeshi communities who have been generously hosting the refugees from Myanmar", the spokesperson said.

Guterres started the custom of visiting a Muslim community during Ramadan when he...