Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged India to put more pressure on Myanmar to take back their over one million Rohingya refugees living in Bangladesh, reports UNB. "We want India to put more pressure on Myanmar...," she said during a meeting with visiting Indian Foreign Secretary Vijay Keshav Gokhale at her Sangsad Bhaban office.

PM's Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim briefed reporters after the meeting. Gokhale said India is well aware of Bangladesh's problems due to the arrival of Rohingya refugees. "We shall continue to urge Myanmar to take back Rohingyas," he said. Sheikh Hasina said her government is preparing an island to relocate about one lakh Rohingya refugees as there is a possibility of landslide in Cox's Bazar during monsoon.

She also mentioned that Bangladesh is in touch with five neighbouring countries, including India, China and Thailand, over settling the issue.

The Indian Foreign Secretary said their government will provide the second package of assistance for the refugees after discussion with the officials of Bangladesh.

Pointing out the upcoming monsoon, Gokhale put emphasis on building field-level hospital saying the problem would be

very serious, particularly for women and children, at that time. In this regard, he assured that India would extend support as much as possible to build the field hospital.

Gokhale also informed Sheikh Hasina that their Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants to fulfill all the commitments he made to Bangladesh.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina mentioned that Bangladesh and India have resolved many problems successfully through discussions.

“Now one problem needs to be resolved,” Hasina said adding that she is hopeful of settling the Teesta issue, too.

Gokhale said India would provide 3rd line of credit after monitoring the ongoing projects in Bangladesh and a substantial progress in this regard would be seen by the year-end.

He said the Indian Prime Minister is looking forward to holding a meeting with Sheikh Hasina on the sidelines of the CHOGM summit to be held in London next week.

At the meeting, the Prime Minister recalled with gratitude the contributions of India and its people during the Great War of Liberation in 1971.

Bangladesh High Commissioner to India Syed Muazzem Ali and Indian High Commissioner to BangladeshHarsh Vardhan Shringla were present during the meeting.