Bangladesh ready to assist Myanmar, says Dipu Moni
Friday, 17 April 2009
Foreign Minister (FM) Dr Dipu Moni expressed Bangladesh's readiness to extend assistance to Myanmar for early repatriation of the remaining Rohingyas to their homeland, as the residual refugee problem has dragged on for years an evident reluctance on part of Yangon, reports UNB.
"With limited resources, Bangladesh had done more than enough for the refugees from Myanmar for the last three decades and Myanmar must take back its own people," she said at a meeting on the sidelines of the '3rd Bali Regional Ministerial Conference on People Smuggling, Trafficking in Persons and Related Transnational Crimes'.
Dr Dipu Moni stressed multilateral approach by the countries of the region to solve the Rohingya problem. Other Ministers present at the meeting also agreed with her and called upon the Myanmar delegation to improve the state of affairs and develop basic facilities and resources in Rakhaine province of Myanmar.
The Foreign Minister refuted the claim of Deputy Minister for Home Affairs and Chief of Police of Myanmar that Rohingyas were not an ethnic entity of Myanmar.
"With limited resources, Bangladesh had done more than enough for the refugees from Myanmar for the last three decades and Myanmar must take back its own people," she said at a meeting on the sidelines of the '3rd Bali Regional Ministerial Conference on People Smuggling, Trafficking in Persons and Related Transnational Crimes'.
Dr Dipu Moni stressed multilateral approach by the countries of the region to solve the Rohingya problem. Other Ministers present at the meeting also agreed with her and called upon the Myanmar delegation to improve the state of affairs and develop basic facilities and resources in Rakhaine province of Myanmar.
The Foreign Minister refuted the claim of Deputy Minister for Home Affairs and Chief of Police of Myanmar that Rohingyas were not an ethnic entity of Myanmar.