The
Bangladesh premier briefly mentioned the five-point proposal that she had
placed in the last UN General Assembly during a meeting with the French
president
Dhaka Tribune
French President
Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday assured Bangladesh of his country’s humanitarian
support and playing a due role in the UN and other international forums for
having a permanent solution to the ongoing Rohingya crisis.
Macron came up with
the assurance during a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at
Elysee Palace in Paris.
Foreign Secretary
Shahidul Huq briefed reporters after the meeting.
“We’ll continue our
humanitarian support and play our role in the United Nations and other international
forums so that the Rohingya problem comes to an end permanently,” he quoted the
French President as saying.
At the meeting,
Macron wanted to know from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina about the present
status of the Rohingya crisis, what Bangladesh is doing now and what it expects
from France in this connection.
In reply, Sheikh
Hasina said now more than 1 million forcibly displaced Myanmar Rohingyas are
living in Bangladesh and this has created a big burden on the country and
became a environmental hazard too.
The Bangladesh
premier briefly mentioned the five-point proposal that she had placed in the
last UN General Assembly and said the real solution to this problem is lying in
the implementation of these proposals.
She also briefed the
French president about recent bilateral agreement with Myanmar regarding
Rohingya repatriation.
“We inked the
bilateral agreement, but we want the international community to continue their
support [to Bangladesh] and keep up the pressure [Myanmar] in this regard, or else
this agreement will not see the implementation,” she said.