By Dhaka Tribune
Sheikh Hasina returned home in the morning wrapping up
her three-week visit to the US and the UK
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the government was
very much cautious to avert any kind of war with Bangladesh’s neighbour despite
repeated provocations from Myanmar.
“Our nearest neighbour, at one point, showed such an
attitude that there will be a war with us. I alerted our army, border guards
and police so that they must not get confused with any provocation as long as I
don’t order them,” she said on Saturday.
The prime minister was speaking at a reception accorded
to her by Awami League at the VVIP lounge of Hazrat Shahjalal International
Airport after she returned home wrapping up her three-week visit to the US and
the UK.
Hasina said Myanmar wanted to create a situation to
divert the global attention. “We are very much alert about that.”
She thanked the armed forces, Border Guard Bangladesh
(BGB), police and local people to have their patience about the issue.
About Bangladesh’s stance to give shelter to Rohingyas,
Hasina said had Bangladesh not taken this stance, then it would not have been
possible to draw the attention of the international community like this way.
“Now everyone is sympathetic, everyone is extending their
hands and everyone is coming forward to help the Rohingya,” she said.
The prime minister, however, thanked Myanmar for coming
forward to start the discussion, at least bowed down to international pressure.
“I think this is a special aspect. I think there’s an international pressure
(on them) … we will be able to solve the problem gradually through
discussions.”
Hasina also thanked the people of Bangladesh for their
all-out support to the government on the Rohingya issue.
Leaders, activists and supporters of the ruling party and
its affiliate organisations, along with people from various quarters accorded
to a warm reception to her.
Thousands of activists and supporters stood on both sides
of roads wielding banners, festoons and placards from the airport to Gonobhaban
to greet the prime minister.
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