The delegation will be visiting Myanmar and Bangladesh from October 29 to November 4, according to US State Department, Assistant State Minister for Housing and Immigration, Symanton Hens.
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Affairs, Scott Basavi, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of South and Central Asia, Tom Bhajda, and Patricia Mahoni, Office of the Bureau of East Asia and Pacific Region are in the delegation.
They will discuss issues related to humanitarian crisis and human rights in Rakhine violence and to discuss humanitarian assistance for Myanmar, Bangladesh and displaced people in this region.
US Secretary of State Rex Tyleron called on the army chief of Myanmar to stop the violence in Rakhine and flee to Rakhine after fleeing to Bangladesh to seek refuge in the Rohingyas.
US Ambassador to Dhaka Masha Bernichat told bdnews24.com on Saturday that they will continue to pressure Myanmar to end this crisis.
Since the Rakhine army began its new operation, more than 600,000 Rohingyas fled to Bangladesh since August 25, so far they have taken shelter in Bangladesh. They have told arbitrary killings, rape, looting and arson in Rohingya villages.
Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi described this campaign as "a fight against terrorists", but the United Nations has identified it as a 'ethnic cleansing campaign'.
A senior Foreign Ministry official said that the US delegation will visit Bangladesh in Myanmar before coming to Bangladesh.
According to the US State Department, the delegation will talk to various stakeholders to deal with the current crisis and find solutions to its permanent solutions.
In Myanmar, they will discuss diplomatic community, senior government officials, UN and non-governmental organizations.
The delegation will discuss with senior government officials as well as donor and relief agencies in Bangladesh to take steps to improve the Rohingya situation.
They will visit Cox's Bazar to learn about the incident from Rohingyas fleeing.