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Update: 22:16, Dec 19, 2019
Rohingya refugee camp in Cox`s Bazar. File Photo
A nine-member Myanmar delegation visited Rohingya camp in Cox's Bazar on Wednesday and interacted with Rohingyas in an effort to convince them to return to their homes in Rakhine state, reports UNB.
They will talk to Rohingyas at the camp on Thursday before they leave Cox's Bazar for Dhaka in the afternoon, an official told UNB.
He said the Myanmar delegation arrived in the city on Tuesday night and went to Cox's Bazar on Wednesday morning.
The DG-level delegation will have a meeting with officials at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Dhaka on Thursday after completing the Cox's Bazar visit.
On 15 December, foreign minister Dr AK Abdul Momen said it has globally been established that there had been a massive crime committed against Rohingyas which was described by the UN as a classic example of ethnic cleansing.
He said Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi tried to shift the blames on others during genocide case hearing at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague on 10-12 December.
Dr Momen said they see the development at the top UN court positively and expect that Myanmar would be more tolerant towards Rohingyas after facing the ICJ hearing.
He also hoped that Myanmar will be sincere in implementing the bilateral deal signed with Bangladesh on the Rohingya repatriation.
Dr Momen said Myanmar invited him to visit Myanmar but conveyed that he would go there when the Rohingyas will go back to Myanmar.
"I also invited Myanmar to visit Bangladesh to talk to their Rohingya people and to understand their expectations," he said.
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