Rohingya crisis: Bangladesh urges Britain to keep pressure on Myanmar

Thanking Britain for its role to solve the Rohingya crisis, the state minister for foreign affairs has urged the UK to keep pressure on Myanmar to stop the violence in Rakhine State.

Senior Correspondentbdnews24.com
Published : 8 Nov 2017, 03:28 PM
Updated : 8 Nov 2017, 03:28 PM

Md Shahriar Alam was meeting a UK delegation led by Lucy Maria Powel MP from the UK Labour Party and Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Greater Manchester at the state guesthouse Padma on Wednesday, the foreign ministry said.

He expressed “deep gratitude” to the British government, MPs of the House of Commons, different political parties and people for raising strong voice against the oppression on Rohingya people by Myanmar military and for pursuing the matter within the Security Council.

He requested the UK delegation to encourage its government “to take further initiatives and keep pressure on Myanmar government to stop violence against Rohingya people and to ensure peaceful and sustainable return of forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals from Bangladesh to their home”.

He also sought support from the UK for the 3rd Committee resolution on Myanmar in United Nations Security Council on Nov 13.

The UK delegation praised Bangladesh highly for receiving this large number of Rohingya people and assured that British government, House of Commons and people will continue to extend all kind of supports to Bangladesh to solve the problem.

Besides this, they also discussed the issues of bilateral cooperation, next Commonwealth Summit to be held in London in early 2018, Brexit and significant role of Bangladesh’s diaspora in the economy of Bangladesh and the UK, the foreign ministry said in a statement.