US to remain Bangladesh’s partner in Rohingya crisis response: Envoy

NEWAGE
United News of Bangladesh .
Dhaka
12 June, 2024, 

Regional refugee coordinator at the US embassy Mackenzie Rowe addresses a small group briefing at the American Centre on Wednesday. | UNB photo

The United States said that it would continue to advocate with countries in the region, and at the United Nations, for a peaceful resolution of the conflict in Myanmar so that the Rohingyas and others displaced by the violence could safely return home.

China special envoy makes unannounced Myanmar visit

Frontier Myanmar

By AFP
SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

United Wa State Army leader Bao Youxiang (L) and China's Foreign Ministry's special envoy for Asian Affairs Sun Guoxiang watch a military parade, to commemorate 30 years of a ceasefire signed with the Myanmar military in the Wa State, in Panghsang on April 17, 2019. (AFP)

China’s special envoy for Asian affairs has wrapped an unannounced, week-long visit to Myanmar that included discussions with its junta leader on the country’s political future, Beijing said on August 31.

Myanmar has been in political chaos since the military ousted the civilian government in February, launching a bloody crackdown on dissent.

International efforts to stem the violence have failed to yield results, with the European Union accusing junta allies Russia and China of blocking efforts at the UN Security Council to impose an arms embargo.

New ASEAN envoy to Myanmar says he wants full access when he visits

Reuters
August 7, 2021

Brunei's Second Minister of Foreign Affairs Erywan Pehin Yusof addresses the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York City, New York, U.S., September 30, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Aug 7 (Reuters) - The Brunei diplomat appointed by a Southeast Asian regional bloc as its special envoy to Myanmar said on Saturday he should be given full access to all parties when he visits the strife-torn country, where the military overthrew an elected government.

Speaking days after his appointment by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Erywan Yusof gave no date for his visit to Myanmar, whose civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other officials have been detained since the Feb. 1 coup. read more

ASEAN Still Stalemated Over Choice of Myanmar Envoy

THE I DIPLOMAT
Sebastian Strangio
August 03, 2021

A candidate was expected to be announced at yesterday’s Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, but the bloc appears deadlocked on a number of issues.

As the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) kicked off a week of summitry-by-videolink, it remained deadlocked on the appointment of a special envoy to address the political crisis in Myanmar.

Alongside a discussion of COVID-19 and the South China Sea, yesterday’s 54th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting was expected in some quarters to feature the announcement of an ASEAN envoy to shepherd Myanmar’s military junta and its opponents toward the negotiating table.

Myanmar army says no ASEAN envoy visit until stability restored

Aljazeera

8 May 2021

At least 774 people have been killed and more than 3,700 detained in the military’s crackdown on opponents as army raids against ethnic rebels surge.

Myanmar has been in turmoil since the coup, which unleashed anger amongst a public unwilling to tolerate a return to military rule [Stringer/Reuters]

Myanmar’s ruling military, which is facing nationwide protests against the coup that removed the elected government three months ago, has said that it would not agree to a visit by a Southeast Asian envoy until it could establish stability, prompting concerns that it would carry out more deadly violence against demonstrators and ethnic minorities.

Burmese envoy calls for embargo

TAIPEI TIMES

AFP, YANGON, Myanmar

Sun, Apr 11, 2021 page5

Myanmar’s ambassador to the UN on Friday urged “strong action” against the junta as reports emerged of scores killed in the military’s latest crackdown.

The country has been in turmoil since the military on Feb. 1 ousted Burmese State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi, with protesters refusing to submit to the junta regime and continuing to demand a return to democracy.

During a UN Security Council meeting on Friday, Burmese Ambassador to the UN Kyaw Moe Tun pushed for more concrete action — proposing a no-fly zone, an arms embargo and more targeted sanctions against members of the military and their families.

UN security council must act to stop 'bloodbath' in Myanmar, says envoy

The Guardian

A reporter in Myanmar, and agencies
Thu 1 Apr 2021

Alternative civilian government proposes ‘federal democracy charter’, amid fears of civil war



Karen villagers fleeing to Thailand as a result of airstrikes launched by Myanmar’s military. Photograph: Royal Thai Army Handout/EPA

Myanmar protesters have burned a copy of the country’s military-drafted constitution as the UN envoy monitoring the crisis warned the security council of the risk of civil war and an imminent “bloodbath” if the junta is allowed to continue violently repressing a pro-democracy movement.

“I appeal to this council to consider all available tools to take collective action and do what is right, what the people of Myanmar deserve, and prevent a multidimensional catastrophe in the heart of Asia,” the special envoy on Myanmar, Christine Schraner Burgener, told the closed-door session.

Envoy: China involved from day one to find Rohingya solution

Dhaka Tribune 
Tribune Desk
November 17th, 2019

Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming speaks at a function at the Chinese Embassy in Dhaka marking the formation of a Chinese medical team on Sunday, November 17, 2019 BSS

Chinese medical team ready to set off to help host community in Cox’s Bazar, he said

Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming has said his country remains involved to find out a solution of the Rohingya issue since the crisis began in the region.

“As a reliable friend and neighbor of Bangladesh and Myanmar, China has been involved in finding the way out almost since day one,” he said.

US, China envoys visit Rohingya camps in Cox's Bazar

Dhaka Tribune
Abdul Aziz, Cox's Bazar
September 15th, 2019

File photo of a Rohingya Camp Syed Zakir Hossain/Dhaka Tribune  

Both the delegations inspected the overall condition of the camps

Delegations from the United States and China have visited the Rohingya camps in Cox's Bazar.

The American envoys arrived around 9:30am while the Chinese delegation reached around 11:30am on Sunday.

Rohingya crisis could emerge as threat to regional security: Bangladesh envoy

Outlook
08 August 2019    
Source: PTI 

New Delhi, Aug 8 Bangladesh on Thursday cautioned that the Rohingya crisis could emerge as a threat to peace and security in the region and pressed for its early resolution by repatriating the refugees to their home country.

Addressing a conference on ''Tackling Insurgent Ideologies'', Syed Muazzem Ali, Bangladesh''s High Commissioner to India, hoped for an immediate and effective implementation of the agreement signed between Myanmar and the United Nations to resolve the crisis.

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.

British envoy Dickson visits Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar

theindepedent
2 April, 2019 
Independent Online Desk  

British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Robert Chatterton Dickson recently visited the Rohingya Camps in Cox’s Bazar to witness how the UKAid is helping provide emergency food, safe water and hygiene for the Rohingya refugees, according to a post shared by British High Commission in Dhaka on its official Facebook page on Tuesday.

India with Bangladesh on Rohingya issue, envoy tells PM Hasina

Dhaka Tribune
  March 10th, 2019

Newly appointed Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Riva Ganguly Das calls on PM Sheikh Hasina at her Sangsad Bhaban office on Sunday, March 10, 2019 PID

Riva Ganguly Das says enhancing regional connectivity will bring economic prosperity for all the countries of the region

Newly appointed Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Riva Ganguly Das has reaffirmed her country's stance to remain with Bangladesh over the lingering Rohingya issue.

Bangladesh summons Myanmar envoy over new influx of refugees

PressTV
Wed Feb 6, 2019

 The file photo shows Rohingya Muslim refugees walking back to their tent during dusk at Kutupalong refugee camp, Bangladesh, on November 18, 2018. (AFP)

Bangladesh has summoned Myanmar’s ambassador to protest against a new influx of refugees fleeing clashes in the restive Rakhine state.

A senior Bangladeshi Foreign Ministry official said on Wednesday that Myanmar’s envoy was summoned late Tuesday after clashes between security forces and a Buddhist rebel group forced people from Rakhine Buddhist and other tribal groups to flee to Bangladesh.