UNB, Dhaka :
Bimstec Secretary General Shahidul Islam who is also Foreign Secretary of Bangladesh on Monday said there was no scope to formally discuss the Rohingya issue in the 4th Bimstec Summit held in Kathmandu on August 30-31 as no Member State of the regional body proposed it.
“The Rohingya issue was not included in the agenda of the Summit. So, there was no scope for holding discussions on it,” he said while responding to a UNB question at a post-Summit press conference held at its headquarters.
The Secretary General said there was no proposal or request from any country to include or not to
include the Rohingya issue in the agenda. Shahidul said Nepal prepared the agenda of the Summit as its host which was circulated among the Member States and accepted by all.
He said the Summit was held after a long gap with the hope to strengthen regional cooperation through Bimstec.
“We feel that Bangladesh and Myanmar have shown diplomatic maturity by not raising the issue (Rohingya),” Shahidul said adding that nobody denied the existence of the problem.
Bimstec Secretary General Shahidul Islam who is also Foreign Secretary of Bangladesh on Monday said there was no scope to formally discuss the Rohingya issue in the 4th Bimstec Summit held in Kathmandu on August 30-31 as no Member State of the regional body proposed it.
“The Rohingya issue was not included in the agenda of the Summit. So, there was no scope for holding discussions on it,” he said while responding to a UNB question at a post-Summit press conference held at its headquarters.
The Secretary General said there was no proposal or request from any country to include or not to
include the Rohingya issue in the agenda. Shahidul said Nepal prepared the agenda of the Summit as its host which was circulated among the Member States and accepted by all.
He said the Summit was held after a long gap with the hope to strengthen regional cooperation through Bimstec.
“We feel that Bangladesh and Myanmar have shown diplomatic maturity by not raising the issue (Rohingya),” Shahidul said adding that nobody denied the existence of the problem.
