‘Myanmar cornered worldwide’

Myanmar minister due next week; Dhaka’s only agenda is ‘early repatriation of Rohingyas’

Myanmar, which is responsible for atrocities forcing hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims to cross into Bangladesh, is ‘internationally cornered’ on the issue, the government believes. It is also of the opinion that whatever Myanmar says regarding the atrocities orchestrated by its security forces against its own people, the international community does not agree with the Naypyidaw’s narration. The government firmly believes that an international momentum has been created in favour of Bangladesh in resolving the protracted problem and it needs to be made sure that the momentum continues.

“I am sure Myanmar is absolutely cornered internationally and the momentum is now in our favour. We must make sure that it continues to be on our side in the days to come,” a highly-placed government source told a group of reporters yesterday. Sharing his experience of the just-concluded 72nd session of the United Nations general assembly (UNGA) where number of meetings took place with regard to Rohingya crisis, he said, “The Myanmar authorities wanted to say that all are fake news. But, the world community is not buying this in the age of technology and information.”

Referring to a meeting held on the sidelines of the UNGA, the top official quoted British foreign minister, who hosted the meeting, saying after the deliberation of Myanmar’s national security adviser, “Excellency, whatever you said nobody in the room believed.”

In short, this is the view of the international community, he added.

The official informed that a senior minister attached with the office of Myanmar state counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi showed interest to visit Bangladesh for discussions and Dhaka welcomes it.

“We are expecting the minister at the beginning of the next week,” he said.

About the agenda of discussions, the official said, “For the time being we have only one agenda with Myanmar and that is rapid repatriation of forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals,” he added.

“We have provided Myanmar with a four-page non-paper, an unofficial paper in diplomatic term, containing our position and detailing what need to be done to resolve the crisis,” said the official. “The arrivals (Rohingyas) are citizens of Myanmar and they will have to be taken back. It is as simple as that,” he said. “Doors are always open for bilateral engagements. But, given the records of broken promises by Myanmar we have to make sure that the international pressure is on. And, we are doing exactly doing that,” he added. The official said that the United Kingdom and Britain are scheduled to raise the issue with the UN security council on Tuesday and there will be an open discussion on Thursday.

 

Myanmar cornered worldwide

Myanmar minister due next week; Dhakas only agenda is early repatriation of Rohingyas

Myanmar, which is responsible for atrocities forcing hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims to cross into Bangladesh, is internationally cornered on the issue, the government believes. It is also of the opinion that whatever Myanmar says regarding the atrocities orchestrated by its security forces against its own people, the international community does not agree with the Naypyidaws narration. The government firmly believes that an international momentum has been created in favour of Bangladesh in resolving the protracted problem and it needs to be made sure that the momentum continues. I am sure Myanmar is absolutely cornered internationally and the momentum is now in our favour. We must make sure that it continues to be on our side in the days to come, a highly-placed government source told a group of reporters yesterday. Sharing his experience of the just-concluded 72nd session of the United Nations general assembly (UNGA) where number of meetings took place with regard to Rohingya crisis, he said, The Myanmar authorities wanted to say that all are fake news. But, the world community is not buying this in the age of technology and information. Referring to a meeting held on the sidelines of the UNGA, the top official quoted British foreign minister, who hosted the meeting, saying after the deliberation of Myanmars national security adviser, Excellency, whatever you said nobody in the room believed. In short, this is the view of the international community, he added. The official informed that a senior minister attached with the office of Myanmar state counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi showed interest to visit Bangladesh for discussions and Dhaka welcomes it. We are expecting the minister at the beginning of the next week, he said. About the agenda of discussions, the official said, For the time being we have only one agenda with Myanmar and that is rapid repatriation of forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals, he added. We have provided Myanmar with a four-page non-paper, an unofficial paper in diplomatic term, containing our position and detailing what need to be done to resolve the crisis, said the official. The arrivals (Rohingyas) are citizens of Myanmar and they will have to be taken back. It is as simple as that, he said. Doors are always open for bilateral engagements. But, given the records of broken promises by Myanmar we have to make sure that the international pressure is on. And, we are doing exactly doing that, he added. The official said that the United Kingdom and Britain are scheduled to raise the issue with the UN security council on Tuesday and there will be an open discussion on Thursday.