Rohingya repatriation: Japan asked Myanmar to speed up house construction

Bangladesh Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali and visiting Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono holding talks on bilateral issues at the State Guest House Padma on Tuesday evening.
Bangladesh Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali and visiting Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono holding talks on bilateral issues at the State Guest House Padma on Tuesday evening.
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UNB, Dhaka :
Japan has asked Myanmar to speed up the construction of houses, schools and other infrastructures in Rakhine to ensure the proper shelter of Rohingyas after their repatriation from Bangladesh.
Visiting Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono said when he met Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday at her official residence Ganobhaban.
PM’s press secretary Ihsanul Karim briefed reporters after the meeting.
During the recent visit of Japanese Foreign Minister to Myanmar, he had meetings with Myanmar President Win Myint and State Councilor Aung San Suu Kyi, said Ihsanul Karim.
Taro Kono also asked them to return the internally displaced Rohingyas from different parts of their country to their original place.
He mentioned that both Myanmar President and Suu Kyi informed him that they have an MoU with Bangladesh regarding the return of the Rohingyas.
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