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| Rohingyas face widespread discrimination and are excluded from Myanmar citizenship. AP file photo |
‘Bangladesh trying to resolve Rohingya crises’
Foreign minister tells the parliament
Terming Myanmar’s Rohingya issue as “sensitive”, Foreign
Minister Abul Hasan Mahmood Ali today told the parliament that Bangladesh is
trying to resolve the growing Rohingya crisis using different international
channels.
Replying to lawmakers’ queries, the foreign minister said
the Rohingya issue is in a sensitive stage at present.
“We are trying to resolve the matter through different
channels by engaging international organisations,” the minister said.
The foreign minister also said, “Almost all countries and
international organisations including the United Nations and human rights
organisations are supporting Bangladesh, the way we are handling the issue.”
“Even some member countries of ASEAN [The Association of
Southeast Asian Nations] have urged Myanmar to settle the Rohingya issue,”
Mahmood Ali said while replying to a supplementary question from ruling Awami
League MP AKM Zahangir Hossain.
On November 30, UN refugee agency said the actual number of
newcomer Rohingya refugees could be more than 10,000 since Myanmar military
started crackdown on the religious minority community in Rakhine state.