PM urges UN: Persuade Myanmar to take back Rohingyas

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UNB, Dhaka :
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday urged UN Secretary General’s Special Envoy on Myanmar Christine Schrane Burgener to persuade Myanmar to take back Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh.
The Prime Minister made the request when the special envoy met her at her office.
PM’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim briefed reporters after the meeting.
He said, the Prime Minister mentioned that Bangladesh talked to countries like India, China, Thailand and Laos bordering Myanmar over the Rohingya crisis.
She thanked the international community for their support to the government of Bangladesh on the crisis.
In this regard, Sheikh Hasina mentioned that Myanmar also agreed on the participation of the UNHCR over the repatriation process of the Rohingyas.
The Prime Minister said, India, China and even Japan are constructing houses at Rakhine for the Rohingya people.
She said, the people of all religions are living in Bangladesh with communal harmony.
At the meeting, the UN Secretary General’s Special Envoy put emphasis on implementation of the Kofi Annan Commission
recommendation to solve the crisis and will extend their support to repatriate the refugees.
Burgener said, she has visited Cox’s Bazar and was inspired seeing the activities of Bangladesh for the management of the Rohingya refugees.
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