PM again seeks int’l community’s help for Rohingya repatriation

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday again said that Myanmar must take back over one million Rohingya nationals living in Bangladesh and sought persuasion from the international community in this regard, reports UNB.

"Myanmar must take their nationals back and international community should help Bangladesh in sending back the Rohingyas from Bangladesh," she said.

She said this when visiting special envoy of Vietnam prime minister and deputy minister of foreign affairs Nguyen Quoc Dzung called on her at her official residence Ganabhaban in the capital city.

PM's press secretary Ihsanul Karim briefed the newsmen after the meeting.

He said that the prime minister mentioned that Bangladesh has prepared a temporary shelter for the Rohingyas at Bhashan Char to provide them with a better living place.

Sheikh Hasina said that Bangladesh and Myanmar have already signed agreements for sending back Rohingyas.

"But the implementation process is being delayed," she said.

Saying that Vietnam has vast experience in developing agricultural sector, the prime minister said that Bangladesh would take cooperation from them for further development of this sector here.