A High-level 20-Member delegation of Bangladesh Awami League, led by AL Presidium Member and Parliamentary Standing Committee Chairman on Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Abdul Matin Khasru, leaves for China today at the invitation of Communist Party of China (CPC).
“During this tour, we’ll meet CPC leaders and discuss on various issues where the Rohingya crisis and their repatriation to Myanmar will come up for discussion,” said Advocate Abdul Matin Khasru at the Bangladesh Awami League’s party chief Sheikh Hasina’s office at Dhanmondi. Khasru was briefing reporters ahead of the AL delegation’s eight-day tour to China from September 4-11, 2019.
He said, “We’ll request the CPC leaders so that China put pressure on Myanmar and thus Myanmar take back their own Rohingya nationals to their country,” he added.
Khasru, also a former Law Minister, said they would apprise the Chinese leaders that hosting around 11 lakh Rohingyas in Cox’s Bazar is a very big pressure on Bangladesh and the country can’t afford the load anymore. “The Rohingya crisis is putting adverse impacts on our environment, ecology, infrastructures and on the whole the living of the host communities there,” he said adding that this Rohingya problem could be resolved if China takes strong role in this regard.
Khasru also cited lack of sincerity among the government of Myanmar in taking back the Rohingyas.
“But, we want the Rohingyas to go back to their country with their dignity and security,” he added.
Asked about the recent development at Asam in India, Khasru declined to comment further on the issue saying that they are observing the developments there.
Revealing the tour itinerary, the AL Presidium Member said the AL delegation would visit Nanjing of Jiangsu Province, Zunyi of Guizhou Province and Guiyang of Guizhou Province.
