US BD cooperation
Help rehabilitate Rohingyas in Myanmar: PM to int’l community, USA
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday renewed her call to the international community, including the United States, to help Bangladesh rehabilitate Rohingyas in their homeland of Myanmar.
She also put emphasis on immediate repatriation of them and said Myanmar should take their citizens back.
"We want immediate repatriation of the Rohingyas and the world community, including the United States, should help rehabilitate them in their homeland of Myanmar," she said.
The Prime Minister said this while visiting US Deputy Secretary of State Stephen E Beigun paid a courtesy call on her at her official residence Ganobhaban.
PM's Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim briefed reporters after the meeting.
He said Stephen E Beigun said the United States also wants a permanent solution to the protracted Rohingya crisis. "We'll continue to extend our support to Bangladesh on this issue," Karim quoted Beigun as saying.
The Prime Minister mentioned that over 1.1 million forcibly displaced Rohingya nationals are living in Bangladesh at the moment, which is an extra burden on the country.
"The problem has been created by Myanmar and we're holding dialogue with them ... they should take their citizens bak," she said.