Diplomatic Correspondent :
Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali began four-day visit to Myanmar to discuss with the Myanmar government about Rohingya Repatriation issue.
The minister left Dhaka for Myanmar capital at 11:55pm on Wednesday.
Foreign Secretary M Shahidul Haque and members of the joint working group on Rohingya repatriation are accompanying the foreign minister.
Dhaka sees the visit as crucial one. The officials of the Foreign Ministry said that the foreign minister’s visit to Myanmar would bring positive result for Rohingya repatriation as the foreign minister would see what steps Myanmar had so far taken for creating conducive environment for safe return of Rohingyas.
The team led Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali will observe the overall situation of Myanmar and inform to the world leaders through a press conference after the visit, the ministry source said.
The team will also try their level best to convince the Myanmar government to return their people known as Rohingya.
Mahmood Ali is likely to go to Northern Rakhine apart from holding meetings with Myanmar leaders.
On Tuesday, Bangladesh and Japan shared five specific proposals to find early solution to Rohingya crisis ensuring safe, voluntary and sustainable return of Rohingyas to Myanmar.
The Foreign Minister and his Japanese counterpart Taro Kono held a meeting on Tuesday evening in Dhaka and discussed Rohingya repatriation issues.
Minister Kono, earlier, shared the five proposals with Myanmar side, and they gladly accepted those proposals for quick and sustainable return of Rohingyas.
UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, and UNDP, the UN’s development agency, on Wednesday urged Myanmar authorities to make tangible progress to improve conditions in Rakhine State.
Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali began four-day visit to Myanmar to discuss with the Myanmar government about Rohingya Repatriation issue.
The minister left Dhaka for Myanmar capital at 11:55pm on Wednesday.
Foreign Secretary M Shahidul Haque and members of the joint working group on Rohingya repatriation are accompanying the foreign minister.
Dhaka sees the visit as crucial one. The officials of the Foreign Ministry said that the foreign minister’s visit to Myanmar would bring positive result for Rohingya repatriation as the foreign minister would see what steps Myanmar had so far taken for creating conducive environment for safe return of Rohingyas.
The team led Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali will observe the overall situation of Myanmar and inform to the world leaders through a press conference after the visit, the ministry source said.
The team will also try their level best to convince the Myanmar government to return their people known as Rohingya.
Mahmood Ali is likely to go to Northern Rakhine apart from holding meetings with Myanmar leaders.
On Tuesday, Bangladesh and Japan shared five specific proposals to find early solution to Rohingya crisis ensuring safe, voluntary and sustainable return of Rohingyas to Myanmar.
The Foreign Minister and his Japanese counterpart Taro Kono held a meeting on Tuesday evening in Dhaka and discussed Rohingya repatriation issues.
Minister Kono, earlier, shared the five proposals with Myanmar side, and they gladly accepted those proposals for quick and sustainable return of Rohingyas.
UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, and UNDP, the UN’s development agency, on Wednesday urged Myanmar authorities to make tangible progress to improve conditions in Rakhine State.
