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Bangladesh summons Myanmar envoy

Bangladesh has strongly protested an unprovoked attack and firing on a Bangladeshi fishing boat in Bangladesh’s territorial water near Saint Martin’s Island by a Myanmar boat manned with armed individuals, seriously injuring four Bangladesh nationals on December 27.
On behalf of the government, Secretary (Bilateral and Consular) Kamrul Ahsan lodged the protest after summoning Myanmar Ambassador to Dhaka Myo Myint Than to the Foreign Ministry yesterday. He also asked the envoy to take back as soon as possible the newly arrived about 50,000 Myanmar nationals and about 300,000 more, who have been living in Bangladesh for decades. “Yes, the Myanmar Ambassador has been called for two things – firing incident and taking back the Myanmar nationals who are staying in Bangladesh,” Secretary Ahsan told The Independent after the Myanmar envoy left. “We handed two separate note verables over to the envoy,” he said. When asked about the response of the Myanmar Ambassador, Ahsan said, “The envoy made me known that he will convey our messages to his government. When approached after the meeting, the Ambassador declined to make any remarks. The unprovoked attack on Bangladeshi fishing boat named ‘FV JANIVA KHALEDA 1’ took place within Bangladesh’s territorial water by a Myanmarese trawler that left 04 (four) Bangladeshi fishermen seriously injured, said a press release issued by the Foreign Ministry.
Ahsan mentioned that the Myanmarese trawler with armed people on board took the Bangladeshi fishing boat along with the fishermen including the injured ones to a nearby patrolling Myanmarese Navy vessel. Myanmar Navy personnel then seized the belongings of the fishermen and released them after 4 (four) hours.
Secretary (Bilateral & Consular) demanded appropriate investigation into the matter, bring the responsible to justice, and sought assurance that the Myanmarese Navy would abstain from attacking fishermen of Bangladesh in future. “We also asked for compensation,” Secretary Ahsan said.  On the issue relating to Myanmar nationals, commonly known as Rohingyas, the Secretary expressed deep concern at the continued influx of Muslims from the Rakhine State of Myanmar into Bangladesh, said the release.
He mentioned that around 50,000 Myanmar citizens took shelter into Bangladesh since October 2016. There are around 300,000 other Myanmar nationals staying in Bangladesh for years. The Secretary (Bilateral & Consular) demanded early repatriation of entire Myanmar population staying in Bangladesh and expressed Bangladesh’s readiness to engage with Myanmar to discuss process and modalities of repatriation with Myanmar.  He also requested the Myanmar government to urgently address the ‘root cause’ of the problem in Rakhine State so that Rakhine Muslims are not required to desperately seek shelter across the border.

Take back all Rohingyas

Bangladesh summons Myanmar envoy

Bangladesh has strongly protested an unprovoked attack and firing on a Bangladeshi fishing boat in Bangladeshs territorial water near Saint Martins Island by a Myanmar boat manned with armed individuals, seriously injuring four Bangladesh nationals on December 27. On behalf of the government, Secretary (Bilateral and Consular) Kamrul Ahsan lodged the protest after summoning Myanmar Ambassador to Dhaka Myo Myint Than to the Foreign Ministry yesterday. He also asked the envoy to take back as soon as possible the newly arrived about 50,000 Myanmar nationals and about 300,000 more, who have been living in Bangladesh for decades. Yes, the Myanmar Ambassador has been called for two things firing incident and taking back the Myanmar nationals who are staying in Bangladesh, Secretary Ahsan told The Independent after the Myanmar envoy left. We handed two separate note verables over to the envoy, he said. When asked about the response of the Myanmar Ambassador, Ahsan said, The envoy made me known that he will convey our messages to his government. When approached after the meeting, the Ambassador declined to make any remarks. The unprovoked attack on Bangladeshi fishing boat named FV JANIVA KHALEDA 1 took place within Bangladeshs territorial water by a Myanmarese trawler that left 04 (four) Bangladeshi fishermen seriously injured, said a press release issued by the Foreign Ministry. Ahsan mentioned that the Myanmarese trawler with armed people on board took the Bangladeshi fishing boat along with the fishermen including the injured ones to a nearby patrolling Myanmarese Navy vessel. Myanmar Navy personnel then seized the belongings of the fishermen and released them after 4 (four) hours. Secretary (Bilateral Consular) demanded appropriate investigation into the matter, bring the responsible to justice, and sought assurance that the Myanmarese Navy would abstain from attacking fishermen of Bangladesh in future. We also asked for compensation, Secretary Ahsan said. On the issue relating to Myanmar nationals, commonly known as Rohingyas, the Secretary expressed deep concern at the continued influx of Muslims from the Rakhine State of Myanmar into Bangladesh, said the release. He mentioned that around 50,000 Myanmar citizens took shelter into Bangladesh since October 2016. There are around 300,000 other Myanmar nationals staying in Bangladesh for years. The Secretary (Bilateral Consular) demanded early repatriation of entire Myanmar population staying in Bangladesh and expressed Bangladeshs readiness to engage with Myanmar to discuss process and modalities of repatriation with Myanmar. He also requested the Myanmar government to urgently address the root cause of the problem in Rakhine State so that Rakhine Muslims are not required to desperately seek shelter across the border.