UNB, Dhaka :
Foreign Secretary M Shahidul Haque on Saturday said the Rohingya crisis might become a security issue in the region and Bangladesh is now in offensive mood diplomatically engaging internationally to find a peaceful solution to the crisis as early as possible.
“We will continue to build pressure on Myanmar. We are going everywhere. We are going to all countries (you mentioned),” he told a dialogue on Rohingya issue at a city hotel mentioning that Bangladesh is no way in defensive mood diplomatically. He said Bangladesh is doing whatever is possible to find a solution to the crisis which lies within Myanmar.
“We have a very articulated policy,” Foreign Secretary Haque said adding that they are intensifying diplomatic efforts through
multilateral and international forums and international bodies.
The Foreign Secretary said the Rohingya issue is multidimensional and multilayered one having over five dimensions. Explaining how Rohingya issue might become a security issue, Haque said, “It was basically a humanitarian movement. Subsequently, it became a border issue and it might become a security issue.”
“We are not denying that there is no potential to become a security issue,” he emphasised.
The Foreign Secretary said Bangladesh is looking into all the options to find the solution.
Earlier, the speakers laid emphasis on intensifying diplomatic efforts through multilateral and international forums to end the crisis. They sought steps to set up a seperate desk at the Foreign Ministry to deal with Russia, China and India on Rohingya issue. A foreign ministry official said Bangladesh is soon sending a special envoy to China and Russia to further discuss the Rohingya issue.
Cosmos Foundation arranged the dialogue on “Domestic, Regional and International Dimensions of the Rohingya Issue: Dealing with a Man-made Crisis” to highlight the issue and offer some solutions to the crisis.
A panel of experts, including CR Abrar of Dhaka University, Major General (retd.) ANM Muniruzzaman of the Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security Studies, Shahedul Anam Khan of The Daily Star and former IOM official Asif Munier. The workshop was chaired by Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury, a former foreign affairs advisor to the caretaker government and principal research fellow at the Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS) in Singapore. Cosmos Foundation chairman Enayetullah Khan delivered welcome speech.
Foreign Secretary M Shahidul Haque on Saturday said the Rohingya crisis might become a security issue in the region and Bangladesh is now in offensive mood diplomatically engaging internationally to find a peaceful solution to the crisis as early as possible.
“We will continue to build pressure on Myanmar. We are going everywhere. We are going to all countries (you mentioned),” he told a dialogue on Rohingya issue at a city hotel mentioning that Bangladesh is no way in defensive mood diplomatically. He said Bangladesh is doing whatever is possible to find a solution to the crisis which lies within Myanmar.
“We have a very articulated policy,” Foreign Secretary Haque said adding that they are intensifying diplomatic efforts through
multilateral and international forums and international bodies.
The Foreign Secretary said the Rohingya issue is multidimensional and multilayered one having over five dimensions. Explaining how Rohingya issue might become a security issue, Haque said, “It was basically a humanitarian movement. Subsequently, it became a border issue and it might become a security issue.”
“We are not denying that there is no potential to become a security issue,” he emphasised.
The Foreign Secretary said Bangladesh is looking into all the options to find the solution.
Earlier, the speakers laid emphasis on intensifying diplomatic efforts through multilateral and international forums to end the crisis. They sought steps to set up a seperate desk at the Foreign Ministry to deal with Russia, China and India on Rohingya issue. A foreign ministry official said Bangladesh is soon sending a special envoy to China and Russia to further discuss the Rohingya issue.
Cosmos Foundation arranged the dialogue on “Domestic, Regional and International Dimensions of the Rohingya Issue: Dealing with a Man-made Crisis” to highlight the issue and offer some solutions to the crisis.
A panel of experts, including CR Abrar of Dhaka University, Major General (retd.) ANM Muniruzzaman of the Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security Studies, Shahedul Anam Khan of The Daily Star and former IOM official Asif Munier. The workshop was chaired by Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury, a former foreign affairs advisor to the caretaker government and principal research fellow at the Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS) in Singapore. Cosmos Foundation chairman Enayetullah Khan delivered welcome speech.
