PM for redouble global support to end Rohingya crisis

daily Sun
BSS, New York
23rd September, 2023

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the world community, particularly the ASEAN member states, to redouble their collective efforts to repatriate Rohingyas to their homeland in Myanmar side by side with executing the resolutions of security council and general assembly to ensure a sustainable solution to the crisis.

ICJ ရိုဟင်ဂျာအမှုအမြန်ပြီးပြတ်အောင်လုပ်ဖို့ဘင်္ဂလားဒေ့ရ်ှ တောင်းဆို

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ဗွီအိုအေ (မြန်မာဌာန)
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ဘင်္ဂလားဒေ့ရှ် နိုင်ငံခြားရေးဝန်ကြီး AK Abdul Momen

နိုင်ငံတကာတရားရုံးမှာ ဂမ်ဘီယာက မြန်မာနိုင်ငံကိုစွဲဆိုထားတဲ့ လူမျိုးသုဥ်း သတ်ဖြတ်မှု မြန်မြန်ပြီး နိုင်အောင် အစ္စလာမ်မစ်တိုင်းပြည်များအဖွဲ့ (OIC) ဝင် နိုင်ငံတွေအနေနဲ့ သူတို့ရဲ့အရင်းအမြစ် တွေ ကိုအသုံးပြုကြဖို့ ဘင်္ဂလား ဒေ့ရှ် နိုင်ငံခြားရေးဝန်ကြီးက တောင်းဆိုလိုက်တယ်လို့ ဘင်္ဂလားဒေ့ရှ်နိုင်ငံ တော်ပိုင် BSS သတင်းဌာနက ပြောပါ တယ်။

Xi assures Bangladesh of support in joining BRICS, solving Rohingya issue

bd24live
by Salauddin
August 24, 2023

Chinese President Xi Jinping assured that his country will always stay beside Bangladesh in its needs including providing support in joining the BRICS and ensuring permanent solution to the Rohingya issue.

“I will always support you (Sheikh Hasina) as you can join the BRICS,” Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen quoted Xi as telling Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in a bilateral talks on the sidelines of the 15th BRICS Summit.

FM calls to resolve Rohingya crisis in true spirit of burden sharing

dailyobserver

Published : Wednesday, 22 March, 2023

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen at a bilateral meeting with UN Secretary General's Special Envoy on Myanmar Noeleen Heyzer held on Tuesday at the Permanent Mission of Bangladesh to the UN in New York
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 Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has underscored the need for unity and concerted efforts of the international community to resolve the Rohingya crisis in all its dimensions, in the true spirit of responsibility and burden sharing.

He made the suggestion at a bilateral meeting with UN Secretary General's Special Envoy on Myanmar Noeleen Heyzer held on Tuesday at the Permanent Mission of Bangladesh to the UN in New York, according to a press release received in Dhaka on Wednesday (March 22, 2023).

More countries will contribute to running Rohingya genocide case, Gambia hopes

The Finnacial Express
Published: February 12, 2023

Gambian Foreign Minister Dr Mamadou Tangara has expressed his hope that more countries will make contributions to Gambia regarding the Rohingya genocide case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) as the African nation has been facing a fund crisis to run the case.

"We need concrete action. Help us to make more noises so that their (Rohingyas) voices can be heard," he told reporters after holding a bilateral meeting with Bangladesh foreign minister Dr AK Abdul Momen at a state guesthouse in Dhaka on Sunday evening, reports BSS.

Momen: Resettlement of few Rohingyas in US not a solution

Dhaka Tribune

UNB
December 8, 2022 

File photo: Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen briefs reporters on the recent Bangladesh visit of his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, at a press conference in Dhaka on August 7, 2022 Mahmud Hossain Opu/Dhaka Tribune

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Thursday said resettlement of a few Rohingyas in the US is “not a viable solution”, rather the solution is repatriation to their homeland in Myanmar's Rakhine state.

While talking to reporters, Momen said the United States is taking a few Rohingyas as a follow up to his discussion with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

The foreign minister said Bangladesh is requesting big countries to take at least 100,000 Rohingyas each, to share Bangladesh's burden.

Foreign minister's NY visit: Dhaka to press for early repatriation of Rohingyas

Dhaka Tribune
UNB
June 13th, 2021

File photo: Ships of Bangladesh Navy carry Rohingya people to Bhashan Char in Noakhali on Tuesday, December 29, 2020 Mahmud Hossain Opu/Dhaka Tribune

No Rohingya has been repatriated over the last four years amid the 'absence of conducive environment' in Rakhine State

Bangladesh will reiterate its position seeking quick and sustainable repatriation of Rohingyas as Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen leaves Dhaka for New York early Sunday to attend two important events at the UNGA.

One of the events will be on Myanmar's current situation where Bangladesh will reiterate its call to the international community for quick and sustainable repatriation of Rohingyas, said Momen.

Give humanitarian assistance to Rohingya refugees: Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen

The Daily Star

Star Digital Report
February 26, 2021

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has requested the UN to provide humanitarian assistance for the Rohingyas in Bhasan Char, where a housing facility has been developed for one lakh Rohingyas.

"The Foreign Minister explained the Secretary General of the measures taken by the Government in Bhasan char and requested the UN's support for humanitarian assistance there for the Rohingyas," said Bangladesh's Permanent Mission to the UN in New York in a statement today, referring to a virtual meeting between them.

Momen has been visiting the USA since February 22. He already spoke to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken over phone, held meeting with US Congresswoman Grace Meng.

Momen urges filmmakers to work on Rohingyas’ saddest stories

theindepedent

BSS, Dhaka

18 January, 2021 

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen today urged the filmmakers to make films patronizing the saddest stories of Rohingyas for further sensitizing world community about unimaginable atrocities that were committed against an ethnic group.

“An ethnic minority (Rohingya) that are the victims of hatred and enmity in a land of Buddhism (Myanmar) that believe in Ohinsho and Nirvana, self-purification where hatred and killing is unthinkable and against his teaching,” he said.

Dr Momen made the remark while inaugurating the 19th Dhaka International Film Festival organized by the Rainbow Film Society at National Museum in the capital this afternoon.

Foreign Minister thanks Prime Minister for prudent, decisive step to relocate Rohingyas

DhakaTribune

UNB
December 4th, 2020

File photo of Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen Mehedi Hasan/Dhaka Tribune

More than 1,600 Rohingyas were shifted to Bhashan Char on Friday afternoon

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has thanked Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for her "prudent and decisive" action to relocate Rohingyas to Bhashan Char.

He said on Friday that the global leadership and UN agencies have been extending lip services to the persecuted people of Myanmar.

Rohingya Repatriation: Talks after formation of full Myanmar govt

The Daily Star

Unb, Dhaka
November 18, 2020

Says foreign minister

 

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen. File photo

 

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen yesterday said Bangladesh would approach for resuming the Rohingya repatriation talks after the formation of a full new government in Myanmar.

The repatriation talks remain halted due to the Covid-19 pandemic and elections in Myanmar.

Bangladesh would also activate a tripartite mechanism -- Bangladesh-China-Myanmar -- so that Myanmar takes back its Rohingyas from Bangladesh, said the foreign minister, adding that three such meetings were already held.

Dhaka hopeful of tripartite talks soon over Rohingya repatriation

theindepedent

UNB/ Dhaka
9 November, 2020

Dhaka welcomes new Myanmar govt, says FM as NLD claims win

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Monday expressed optimism over the resumption of talks on Rohingya repatriation using a tripartite mechanism after the formation of a new government in Myanmar.

"We want to remain positive," Dr Momen told reporters indicating that the tripartite talks will begin soon.

Bangladesh, Myanmar and China are planning to hold Foreign Minister-level tripartite talks, likely in Beijing, to begin the repatriation of Rohingyas without any delay.

Solution to Rohingya crisis unlikely if impunity, geopolitical appeasement continues: Momen

FINANCIAL EXPRESS 

October 20, 2020

 Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Tuesday said there will be no sustainable solution to the Rohingya crisis in near future if the defiance, impunity and geopolitical appeasement of Myanmar continues.

He said a culture of appeasement of Myanmar geopolitically through enhanced bilateral trade, investment and development assistance continues to grow while the country has done nothing to redress the rapes, gender-based violence, mass atrocities and genocide committed on its minorities that its neighbour Bangladesh diligently continues to host in temporary camps that threatens its very security and sovereignty.

Rohingya Atrocities: Netherlands for ensuring justice through ICJ

UNB

UNB News
Dhaka
October 19, 2020

Dutch FM writes Momen assuring support 

The Netherlands has reiterated its commitment to help ensure justice and accountability for the atrocities committed against Rohingyas by the Myanmar authorities.

Foreign Minister of the Netherlands Stef Blok in a letter to his Bangladesh counterpart Dr AK Abdul Momen conveyed it saying they will help to ensure justice through the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

Bangladesh experts urge government not to issue passports for Rohingya in Saudi Arabia

FINANCIAL EXPRESS

September 28, 2020

 

Bangladesh's decision to issue national passports to Rohingya living in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) will be harmful to the country's interest, opined foreign affairs experts.

Recently, Saudi Arabia, the largest employer of Bangladeshi workers - numbering 2.2 million, asked Bangladesh to issue passports to around 54,000 Rohingya living there.

Apparently under pressure from the Saudi government, Bangladesh has, in principle, agreed to issue national passports to Saudi Rohingyas on conditions.

Riyadh’s pressure on Dhaka unfair

The Daily Star
Porimol Palma
September 25, 2020

Analysts, activists say about insistence that 54,000 Rohingyas in KSA be issued Bangladeshi passports; Momen says no passport without proof

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen. File photo

The Saudi Arabian pressure on Bangladesh to issue passports to 54,000 Rohingyas and bring back 462 others is unacceptable and unfair, analysts and Rohingya activists have said.

They said if the kingdom was really to send back the Rohingyas, they should mount pressure on Myanmar. They questioned as to why Bangladesh, which had taken in over a million Rohingyas, should take the 54,000 more.

Bangladesh, Saudi FMs to discuss bilateral issues Sunday

Dhaka Tribune
September 26th, 2020

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen and his Saudi counterpart Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud UNB

The telephone conversation is scheduled to begin at 5pm, an official told UNB on Saturday.

The Saudi government on Wednesday positively responded to workers’ issues ending barriers to their return to the workplaces in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA).

The first batch of over 300 passengers left Dhaka on flight SV-802 of Saudi Airlines early Saturday.

Foreign minister set to leave for Turkey today

The Daily Star

Unb, Dhaka
September 13, 2020

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen. File photo

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen is scheduled to leave for Turkey today to attend the inauguration ceremony of the newly-constructed Bangladesh Chancery Complex, said a senior official of the ministry yesterday.

Dr Momen will join his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu at the ceremony, to be held in Ankara on September 14. He will also attend other bilateral engagements during his visit.

Rohingyas lack confidence in Myanmar govt, FM tells ASEAN

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 Prothom Alo English Desk

Published: 12 September 2020, 

Weary Rohingya trudging from Myanmar's Rakhine state to Ukhia, Bangladesh.Prothom Alo file photo

Bangladesh has once again conveyed to the international community that the displaced Rohingyas are not returning to their homeland primarily because they do not trust their government on the issues of safety and security, reports UNB.

In order to reduce trust deficit and confidence building, Bangladesh suggested Myanmar to engage non-military civilian observers from their friendly countries like ASEAN, China, Russia, India or other friends of their choice. 

Foreign minister AK Abdul Momen conveyed it to the foreign ministers of the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) on Saturday adding such initiative may reduce trust deficit for a sustainable return.

Momen leaves for Turkey Sunday, bilateral talks on Sept 15

FINANCIAL EXPRESS
September 12, 2020

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen will leave Dhaka for Turkey on Sunday on a four-day visit for holding a bilateral meeting with his Turkish counterpart Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu on September 15.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will virtually inaugurate the newly-built Bangladesh chancery complex in Turkish capital Ankara on September 14. Momen and the Turkish foreign minister will join the virtual inaugural ceremony from the chancery complex, reports UNB.