Refugee repatriation meeting to be held on Jan 19

14 January 2021
Refugee repatriation meeting to be held on Jan 19
A general view of Bhashan Char Island in Noahali, Bangladesh, 29 December 2020. Photo: EPA

A secretary-level meeting between Bangladesh and Myanmar, mediated by China, will be held on Jan. 19 in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on the issue of repatriating Rohingya refugees, RFA reported.

Myanmar has not cooperated in ironing out issues to do with the return of the hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees, but Bangladesh is hopeful some headway will be made at the upcoming meeting, Minister of Foreign Affairs A.K. Abdul Momen told journalists.

He said that China had initially set the date for Jan. 9-10, but postponed it due to Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s visit to Myanmar on Monday and Tuesday.