Rohingya repatriation: UK welcomes Chinese initiative

Dhaka Tribune
Humayun Kabir Bhuiyan
September 23rd, 2019

File photo of British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Robert Chatterton Dickson Courtesy

Pressure on Myanmar to continue, says UK envoy

The United Kingdom has welcomed the Chinese initiative to help the safe, secure and dignified repatriation of hundreds of thousands of Rohingyas back to their homes in Rakhine.

“What we see is greater Chinese engagement in the situation. What I would say...I think what we have seen a greater Chinese engagement. China has enormous influence (on Myanmar),” British high commissioner in Dhaka Robert Chatterton Dickson told a press conference at his residence yesterday.

Rohingya issue dominates agenda at PM’s first meeting with UK envoy

Dhaka Tribune
Wednesday, Apr 03, 2019

Newly appointed British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Robert Chatterton Dickson pays a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her official residence Ganabhaban on Tuesday, April 2, 2019 Focus Bangla

UK companies ‘very keen’ to invest in Bangladesh, UK high commissioner tells PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has reiterated that the country wants safe and quick repatriation of the displaced Rohingya, who took shelter in Bangladesh.

Minister: Rohingya rights must remain on agenda.

THE Star ONLINE
Thursday, 21 Feb 2019

Dhaka: The plight of the Rohingya refugees to return home must not fall off the international agenda and they must be given justice, she said, according to a press release issued yesterday by the British High Commission in Dhaka.

She said the international community must make sure that Rohingyas’ right to return remains high on the agenda.

Mordaunt, also the UK’s minister for women and equalities, arrived in Dhaka on Sunday on a three-day official visit. On Monday, she met Rohingya refugees at a food distribution centre in Kutupalong camp of Cox’s Bazar.

China to play ‘constructive role’ in Rohingya repatriation: envoy

British high commissioner promises cooperation, govt to bring back convicted nationals: FM

Diplomatic Correspondent | Published: 00:57, Jan 28,2019 

 

Chinese ambassador Zhang Zuo on Sunday said his country would play a constructive role in repatriation of the displaced people of Myanmar from Bangladesh.