Dhaka: Deeply appreciating Bangladesh's decision to temporarily shelter over 600,000 forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals, the United States has said Bangladesh responded extremely well to this unprecedented humanitarian crisis.

Visiting acting Assistant Secretary for Population, Refugees and Migration Simon Henshaw from the US Department of State made the remarks during his meeting with State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam at his Foreign Ministry office on Wednesday.

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights and Labour (DRL) Scott Busby, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs (SCA) Tom Vajda, Director of the Office of Mainland Asia Patricia Mahoney and US Ambassador to Bangladesh Marcia Bernicat were also present at the meeting.

The state minister expressed his sincere thanks to the Acting Assistant Secretary for the strong political as well as humanitarian support of the US government over the Rohingya issue.

He highlighted the five-point proposal placed by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the 72nd session of the UN General Assembly in September last and also called for continuation of US support in this regard.

Simon also assured the State Minister of support of the United States "both financially and diplomatically" for the safe, sustainable and dignified repatriation of the forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals.

Both sides agreed to continue the pressure on the Myanmar government in this regard.

The delegation will visit different Rohingya camps in Cox's Bazar on Thursday and Friday, said the Foreign Ministry.