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| Prime minister Sheikh Hasina attends a luncheon meeting with German chancellor Angel Merkel on the sidelines of the 53rd Munich Security Conference at Hotel Bayerrischer Hof in Munich.--UNB photo |
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has sought support of
international community to arrange temporary accommodation for Myanmar refugees
in a healthy and safe environment in Bangladesh.
The prime minister said this in a luncheon meeting with
German Chancellor Angel Merkel on the sidelines of the 53rd Munich Security
Conference at Hotel Bayerrischer Hof in Munich on Saturday.
Sheikh Hasina said Bangladesh has taken the issue of
extruded Myanmar citizens from humanitarian point of view. But their stay and
activities in Cox's Bazar, an important tourist town, is causing destruction of
environment, sanitation system, landscape and nature, forcing them to live in
an inhuman condition.
‘So Bangladesh government wants to shift them to open and
healthy areas by providing all the civic facilities,’ she said seeking support
of Germany and other countries in this regard.
In their hour-long meeting, they discussed various issues
relating to mutual interests including the ways of boosting relations between
the two countries in the areas of trade and business, development and refugee
issues, PM's press secretary Ehsanul Karim said while briefing reporters after
the meeting.
The prime minister informed the German Chancellor about
the socioeconomic progress of the country in different areas particularly in
gender parity, women empowerment and poverty reduction, the press secretary
said.
After the meeting Bangladesh and Germany signed a
memorandum of understanding (MOU) on upgrading current machine readable
passport system of Bangladesh and a Joint Declaration of Intent on political exchange
on counter terrorism.