India is keeping an eye on the recent turmoil in Myanmar’s Rakhine state that Bangladesh apprehends it might hamper the process of Rohingya repatriation, reports BSS.
Indian External Affairs Minister Dr S. Jaishankar made the remarks when he paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the meeting room of her palace residence in New Delhi.
"They told us that India is keeping an eye on the unrest being created there (Rakhine state)," Senior Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen told in a news briefing after the meeting quoting the Indian minister,
Rohingya repatriation issue was discussed during the meeting, he said, adding that the Bangladesh Prime Minister told whether the recent unrest in the Rakhine state issue would hamper the Rohingya repatriation.
"Everyone has that apprehension," he said, quoting the premier.
Prime Minister’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim was present during the briefing.
The Indian external affairs minister said the visit of Bangladesh Prime Minister will act as an impetus to deepen the existing bilateral relations. As he believed the visit has finished the cycle that began with the visits of the Indian President and the Indian Prime Minister to Bangladesh in a single year (2021).
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