Tatmadaw Sanctions Bill Heads for Vote in US Congress

The Irrawaddy
By Nan Lwin
21 June 2019

Rohingya Refugees stand in a queue to collect meat from a relief distribution center in the Balukhali refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, August 23, 2018. / Reuters  

YANGON—A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers has advanced legislation in the U.S. Congress to impose new sanctions on the Myanmar military, or Tatmadaw—the latest foreign effort to put pressure on the military in response to the Rohingya crisis in Rakhine State.

US Congressman hails Bangladesh govt for hosting persecuted Rohingyas.

The Daily Star

January 26, 2019

Star Online Report

Bangladesh Foreign Secretary Md Shahidul Haque met with US Congressman Eliot Engel, also the chairman of US House Foreign Affairs Committee, at the Hill in Washington DC on January 24, 2019. Photo: Courtesy

 

US Congressman Eliot Engel has appreciated the government of Bangladesh for hosting the persecuted Rohingyas from Myanmar, and also expressed his hope to visit Bangladesh, see the Rohingya camps and hold talks with various stakeholders.

Engel, also the chairman of US House Foreign Affairs Committee, told this to Bangladesh Foreign Secretary Md Shahidul Haque when the latter met the Congressman at the Hill in Washington DC on January 24, according to a press release issued by Bangladesh Embassy in Washington DC.