NEW DELHI: India is holding sustained high-level conversations with Myanmar and Bangladesh so that Rohingya refugees can return to their country, foreign secretary S Jaishankar said on Thursday.Speaking at a think tank, Carnegie on India's policy priorities in the Bay of Bengal region, Jaishankar said "exodus of people is a matter of concern. Our objective is to see how they can go back to their place of origin. We actually feel this needs much more sober, realistic and locally sensitive approach. "The Rohingya crisis is testing India's regional diplomacy between two strategic and important neighbours, Bangladesh and Myanmar.Bangladesh, receiving almost a million refugees is confronting an economic and security time-bomb. But while India has openly supported Myanmar's fight against Rohingya radicals, New Delhi has also thrown its weight behind the Kofi Annan report, the key recommendation of which is a change in Myanmar's citizenship laws.

Source: Times of India October 26, 2017 11:15 UTC