Staff Reporter:
Prime Minister’s Principal Secretary M Tofazzel Hossain Miah yesterday told the foreign diplomats that delay in repatriation of the Rohingyas to their homeland in the Rakhine state of Myanmar would become a threat to regional security.
“Due to the delay in the repatriation process, the existing frustration among the Rohingyas may lead them to engage in illegal activities, which will pose a threat to regional security,” he said.
The Principal Secretary said this when the foreign diplomats and
representatives from different countries and international agencies, who are stationed in Dhaka, attended a meeting over the Rohingya issue at the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), said a press release.
In the meeting, they discussed the solution to the Rohingya crisis, the
repatriation of the forcibly displaced Myanmar Rohingyas who took shelter in Bangladesh on a tempo-rary basis, the negative impact on the local community (Host Community) and their employment genera-tion, the humanitarian assistance from international community for the Rohingya people and their skills-enhancement.
Tofazzel Hossain said the main goal of the Bangladesh government is to
repatriate the Rohingyas to their own country.
He attached a special importance to the role of the international community, including the United Na-tions (UN), in the quick and permanent solution to this issue.
Alongside providing humanitarian aid, the education and training programmes which are carried out in Bangladesh to increase skills of Rohingya people will be helpful in sustainable coexistence in Rakhine after their repatriation, the Principal Secretary added.
In the meeting, the ambassadors and high commissioners pledged to continue their government’s efforts to resolve the Rohingya crisis.
They mentioned that the Bangladesh government’s support for the self-reliance of the Rohingyas and the employment generation for the local community.
The Principal Secretary thanked the foreign ambassadors, high commissioners and the representatives of various international organizations for their significant role and interest in solving the Rohingya crisis.
