The foreign minister read out the part of the statement where the Rohingya issue was mentioned. The ASEAN ministers welcomed the Arrangement on Return of Displaced Persons from Rakhine State between Myanmar and Bangladesh signed on 23 November 2017. Foreign Minister Ali said the ASEAN through the statement said what the government of Bangladesh had been saying from the beginning. Myanmar military’s relentless campaign of violence has driven more than 688,000 Rohingya across the border to Bangladesh since August last year. Global leaders are coming to Bangladesh to see first-hand the plight of those Rohingya people and also express solidarity with the government of Bangladesh.

Source: bd News24 February 08, 2018 16:52 UTC