Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has conveyed Bangladesh that Myanmar recently reassured them (China) of taking back Rohingyas temporarily taking shelter in Bangladesh.

The Chinese Foreign Minister had a telephonic conversation with his Bangladesh counterpart Dr AK Abdul Momen on Thursday evening and conveyed Myanmar's position to Bangladesh, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Before the Foreign Minister-level tripartite talks, senior officials can hold a preparatory meeting on Rohingya repatriation in Dhaka, said the Chinese Foreign Minister.

The decisions of the senior officials meeting will be placed at the Foreign Minister-level meeting likely to be held in Beijing.

The first such meeting was held in New York, said the Foreign Minister.

Ambassadors of Bangladesh, Myanmar and China will hold meeting first after election in Myanmar.

Wang Yi said China has been maintaining regular communication with Myanmar at various levels over the Rohingya repatriation issue.

Myanmar assured China of working towards Rohingya repatriation once the Covid-19 situation improves, he said.

The Chinese Foreign Minister also said Myanmar assured China that they will soon start discussion with Bangladesh over Rohingya repatriation.

The United States said China has done "very little" to help resolve the Rohingya issue.

"We hope that we see the same level of generosity and the same level of clarity in messages to the government of Myanmar from other partners or other nations in the Indo-Pacific, particularly China, who unfortunately has done very little to help resolve the Rohingya issue and for whom much more should be expected, considering the proximity," said US Deputy Secretary  of State Stephen E BBiegun in a telephonic briefing from Washington recently.

Earlier, Bangladesh made it clear that it wants Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi to be present at a tripartite meeting to discuss Rohingya repatriation issues.

"It won't be done without her presence. She should be there," Dr Momen told reporters at his office recently.

Though Suu Kyi, the State Counsellor of Myanmar, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, and she has been widely criticised for doing nothing to stop rape, murder and genocide in Rakhine by refusing to condemn the powerful military or acknowledge accounts of atrocities.

The Foreign Minister said the number one objective of Bangladesh is to see the repatriation of Rohingyas to their place of origin in Rakhine State.

Dr Momen said the Chinese Ambassador informed him that they will work out the plan for the next meeting and will talk to Beijing.

The Foreign Minister said India is also agreed on sustainable repatriation of Rohingyas to Myanmar.

During his recent meeting with Dr Momen, Chinese Ambassador Li Jiming expressed concern due to the delay in repatriation of Rohingyas to their place of origin in Rakhine State.

Dr Momen sought Chinese government's support for the quick and sustainable return of Rohingyas to Myanmar.

There are allegations that Rohingyas got engaged in drug smuggling.

Dr Momen said there are an increased number of incidents in the Rohingya camps amid the absence of barbed wire around the camps.

Eight people, both from Rohingya and host communities, were killed in a series of clashes in Cox's Bazar Rohingya camps recently.

The Foreign Minister recently said Rohingyas will "jeopardise regional and international security" if the 1.1 million Rohingya people are left unattended and not given the opportunity to return to their homeland.

Repatriation attempts failed twice in November 2018 and August 2019 amid Rohingyas' "lack of trust" in the Myanmar government.

Bangladesh and Myanmar signed a repatriation deal on November 23, 2017.

On January 16, 2018, Bangladesh and Myanmar signed a document on “Physical Arrangement”, which was supposed to facilitate the return of Rohingyas to their homeland.