The Bangladesh-Myanmar Joint Working Group (JWG) is scheduled to meet for the fourth time in Naypyidaw on Friday, where it will be resuming the discussion on Rohingya repatriation. Foreign Secretary Shahidul Haque led the Bangladesh delegation in the first three JWG meetings, the first in January 2018 in Naypyidaw, the second in May 2018 in Dhaka, and the third in October 2018 in Dhaka. In Friday’s meeting, Bangladesh will place great emphasis on the implementation of those decisions to begin the repatriation at the earliest, they said. “Since the JWG meeting is about repatriation, it will be in focus. But other issues will also come up for discussions.”Officials said the Bangladesh delegation will return home on Saturday, the day after the meeting.

Source: Dhaka Tribune April 30, 2019 15:45 UTC