Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali expressed the hope that the first batch of eight thousand Rohingya people would be able to return to their original villages in Rakhine State of Myanmar soon, reports UNB.
Citing the issue of forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals who took shelter in Bangladesh, the minister expressed his gratitude to the international community for their continued support to Bangladesh for resolving the issue with Myanmar.
He made the remarks on Friday while delivering his statement in the second plenary titled "Reinforcing the multilateral system: advancing the ASEM partnership on global challenges" in Brussels, according to foreign ministry in Dhaka.
The 12th Asia-Europe Summit (ASEM) was held in Brussels on October 18-19 with the theme 'Global Partners for Global Challenges'.
The foreign minister led the Bangladesh delegation in the summit.
In his speech he projected before the forum Bangladesh's democratic, secular and progressive identity as well as her effort to promote global peace, progress and prosperity as envisioned by Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
He also stressed the need for creating great connectivity between Asia and Europe in order to develop infrastructure, institutions and people to people contact for overall progress.
Leaders from fifty-three ASEM partners attended the summit. In the summit it is decided that Cambodia will host the next ASEM Summit in 2020.
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