By The Daily Star
November 23, 2016
The government today summoned Myanmar’s envoy to Dhaka and
expressed deep concerns over the persecution of Rohingyas in the Rakhine state.
Additional Foreign Secretary Kamrul Ahsan handed a note
verbale to Myanmar envoy Myo Myint Than in a meeting that took place from
3:15pm-4:00pm.
Myanmar has also been urged to take immediate steps to take
back the Rohingyas who have entered Bangladesh in recent times, sources inside
the ministry said.
Additional Foreign Secretary Kamrul Ahsan briefed reporters
after the meeting and told the same. “We told him that Bangladesh expects a
peaceful solution to the matter.”
Bangladesh is not accepting refugees from Myanmar at the
moment as border guards are on alert in the coastal areas pushing back the
arriving fleet of Rohingyas daily.