By Bangladesh
correspondent, AW
25 April 1017
(News in brief)
The visiting China’s
special envoy to Asia Mr. Sun Gouxiang has said on Tuesday that his country is
ready to help tackle a diplomatic row between Bangladesh and Myanmar over the
minority Rohingya issue.
The China’s special
envoy has expressed this eagerness on Tuesday during his meeting with Officials
of Foreign Ministry of Bangladesh to solve the long standing Rohingya debate
between neighboring Bangladesh and Burma.
Sun made the
proposal during a meeting with Bangladesh Foreign Secretary Shahidul Haque.
Officials from Bangladesh foreign ministry who declined to disclose their name
has told the reporters that the envoy has underscored to solve the issue
through bilateral dialogue. The special envoy is now in Dhaka for a four day
visit from 24 April.
Around 70,000
Rohingyas have fled to Bangladesh to escape violence in Buddhist-majority
Myanmar since October. Bangladesh has to host another 300 thousands Rohingya
refugees that have infiltrated from Burma. ‘Inspite of repeated attempt to solve
the crisis, Burma has not been responding over the solution of Rohingya debate’
officials from Foreign Ministry said. On the other hand Burma has immediately responded
to hold talks with China when conflict arouse in its northern border some days
after October incidence in Arakan state, officials informed to the Chinese
special envoy.