A four-member delegation of the European Union (EU) visited the Ukhiya Rohingya camp in Cox's Bazar on Wednesday and Thursday to monitor the living condition of Rohingya people and their activities at the camp.
Bangladesh wants to start repatriation by December, Rohingya worry for their safety in Myanmar
A high-level delegation from Bangladesh reached Myanmar on Monday to lead a Chinese-mediated meeting on Rohingya repatriation.
A
list of over 3,000 Rohingya under a pilot program has been sent to
Myanmar to verify and a possible repatriation could begin under the
mediation of China, according to Bangladeshi officials.
Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla (left) and Indian Army
Chief Gen MM Naravane (right). Photos taken from The Statesman
Repatriation of Rohingya refugees and the threat posed by Pakistan-based terror groups that are allegedly trying to infiltrate Rohingya in camps in Bangladesh are likely to be among the issues Indian Army Chief Gen MM Naravane and the country's Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla will discuss during their one-day visit to Naypyidaw, Myanmar's capital, on Monday.
Naravane and Shringla are expected to discuss the issue of repatriation and rehabilitation of Rohingyas as India is already in discussion to facilitate the return of the refugees back to Myanmar, diplomatic sources said in New Delhi.
THE ECONOMIC TIMES
Dipanjan Roy Chaudhury
Oct 03, 2020
NEW DELHI: Army Chief MM Naravane and Harsh Vardhan Shringla, Foreign Secretary will visit Myanmar as part of efforts to expand wide ranging partnership. The timing of the visit is significant coming ahead of national elections in Myanmar and would help to boost leadership’s goals for the country’s future welfare.
Security cooperation is getting stronger in recent years in the fight to end insurgency in India's northeast. In a big win for India’s back-door diplomacy, 22 Indian insurgents were handed over for the first time by Myanmar in May, bringing Naypyidaw in sync with New Delhi on dealing with insurgents, sources told ET.
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.
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.
THE I DIPLOMAT
By Aung Shine Oo and Pyae Sone Win January 17, 2020
The Chinese president arrived Friday in an effort to deepen bilateral ties.
China’s President Xi Jinping was given a lavish welcome to Myanmar as he arrived Friday for a state visit meant to deepen bilateral relations at a critical time.
The visit nominally marks the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Myanmar, but also carries the promise of significantly boosting China’s profile and future investments. Xi’s arrival was greeted with dancing children and youths waving the national flags of both countries and cheering, “Long live China-Myanmar friendship” and “Health to President Xi.”
SanAntonioExpressNews By AUNG SHINE OO PYAE SONE WIN, Associated Press
Municipal workers sweep on a road near a welcoming billboard to Chinese
President Xi Jinping Friday, Jan. 17, 2020, in Naypyitaw, Myanmar.
China's President Xi Jinping was heading to Myanmar on Friday for a
state visit likely to deepen the countries' already close bilateral
relations at a critical time.Photo: Aung Shine Oo, AP
NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (AP) — China's President Xi Jinping was given a lavish welcome to Myanmar as he arrived Friday for a state visit meant to deepen bilateral relations at a critical time.
The visit nominally marks the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Myanmar, but also carries the promise of significantly boosting China's profile and future investments.
Chinese leader to make historic Jan 17-18 visit in bid to advance contested Belt and Road Initiative
When Xi Jinping travels to Myanmar on January 17, it will be the first visit by a sitting Chinese president since Jiang Zemin toured the country in December 2001.
Xi’s visit will show just how much times have changed between now and then. Jiang visited Myanmar when it was still ruled by a military junta and China was the then isolated nation’s closest ally.
Rohingyas from Myanmar wait to be let through by Bangladeshi border
guards after crossing the border at Palongkhali of Cox's Bazar on
October 16, 2017. File Photo: Reuters
Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland today said a "safe and secure" situation in the Rohingya camps and surrounding areas in Cox's Bazar must be upheld so that Rohingyas and host communities can feel safe and protected.
Heads of Mission of Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland, in a joint press statement, laid emphasis on joint efforts by the international community to ensure repatriation of Rohingyas in "voluntary, safe, dignified and sustainable" manner.
A Bangladeshi official (dark-blue, long-sleeve shirt) briefs
International Criminal Court representatives before their visit to
Rohingya camps near the Konarpara border crossing point in
Naikhongchhari sub-district, southeastern Bangladesh, July 20, 2019.BenarNews
An International Criminal Court prosecutor on Monday wrapped up a six-day trip to Bangladesh and Rohingya refugee camps in the southeast as part of preparations for a potential ICC investigation into alleged crimes of humanity against Rohingya by Myanmar’s military.
Deputy ICC Prosecutor James Stewart left the country after leading a delegation from the court based in The Hague, according to officials with Bangladesh’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The ICC team met with refugees at Rohingya camps over the weekend.
Malaysian Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah has stressed voluntary and safe return of Rohingyas and said the “repatriation must occur as quickly as possible”.
Momen said they discussed many issues including Rohingya and “we echoed the same – accountability and repatriation of Rohingya”.
Malaysian foreign minister Saifuddin Abdullah arrived here on Saturday on a three-day visit to discuss wide-ranging bilateral, regional and international issues including Rohingya issue.
The Malaysian foreign minister, who is now on his first trip to Bangladesh since assuming the post last year, would have a bilateral meeting with his Bangladesh counterpart AK Abdul Momen on Sunday, said a foreign ministry official here.
File photo of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Focus Bangla
Sheikh Hasina visited China for a five-day bilateral official visit
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will hold a press conference on Monday to brief journalists about the outcomes of her just-concluded visit to China.
The press conference will be held at the premier's official residence Ganabhaban at 4pm, Secretary Md Nazrul Islam from the Prime Minister’s Office said on Saturday.
Malaysian Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah. Photo taken from Twitter
Bangladesh wants a stronger role of Malaysia, an influential member of the Asean, in addressing the Rohingya crisis as visiting Malaysian Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah holds a meeting with his Bangladeshi counterpart in Dhaka today.
During the meeting, Dhaka would request Kuala Lumpur to reopen its labour market for Bangladeshis, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen told The Daily Star yesterday.
China’s Vice Foreign Minister Luo Zhaohui bid farewell to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the Beijing Capital International Airport yesterday. Hasina returned home wrapping up her five-day trip. Photo: PID
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina returned home yesterday concluding her five-day official visit to China.
A special flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the PM and her entourage touched down at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 1:40pm.
During her visit, Hasina attended the annual meeting of World Economic Forum in Dalian on July 2. She held talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Li Keqiang in Beijing on Friday and Saturday.
Bangladesh and China on Thursday signed nine instruments for further strengthening cooperation on power, water resources, culture and tourism sectors as well as providing 2,500 metric tonnes of rice for the displaced Rohingyas.
The instruments, including two loan deals, were signed in presence of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang after a bilateral meeting between the two leaders at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, the capital of China.
Sheikh Hasina signs the official oath book after taking oath as the
Prime Minister for the third consecutive time in Dhaka, Bangladesh,
January 7, 2019. [Photo/Agencies]
DHAKA -- Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday left for an official visit to China and will attend the 13th Summer Davos Forum in northeast China's Dalian before that.
A special flight of national flag carrier Biman Bangladesh Airlines departed Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka for Dalian on Monday, carrying the premier and her entourage members including several ministers.
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