Desk Report
Publish: 23 Nov 2022, 11:25 pm
Japanese State Minister for Foreign Affairs TAKEI Shunsuke paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina || Photo: Collected
Japanese State Minister for Foreign Affairs TAKEI Shunsuke
said sustainable repatriation of the forcibly displaced Rohingyas would be
possible after resumption of democracy in Myanmar.
He said this while paying a courtesy call on Prime Minister
Sheikh Hasina at her official Ganabhaban residence here this evening.
"Japanese state minister for foreign affairs said Japan
supports Bangladesh on Rohingya issue. In reply, the Prime Minister said that
Japan can talk with Myanmar over Rohingya repatriation. The Japanese state
minister said that it is required to wait for restoration of democracy in
Myanmar for sustainable repatriation of Rohingyas," PM's Press Secretary
Ihsanul Karim told a briefing after the meeting.
Sheikh Hasina said Rohingyas have become a heavy burden for
Bangladesh as it has elapsed five years since they took shelter in Bangladesh
and their number is increasing with the taking birth of new babies in the camps.
"The biggest thing is that many of the Rohingyas are
involved in drug and arms trafficking," she said, adding that they
(Rohingyas internal groups) are fighting and killing each other.
She said, "Myanmar should take back their
nationals."
Sheikh Hasina described the relations between Bangladesh and
Japan as wonderful and said Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur
Rahman had laid the foundation of the ties.
"The relations between Japan and Bangladesh have been
growing from stake to stake," she said.
The Prime Minister with due respect recalled the
contribution of Japan to the Liberation War of Bangladesh and in rebuilding the
war ravaged country soon after the independence.
She also recalled the Japanese cooperation of Bangladesh's
development efforts, saying, "They are still working in Bangladesh's
various development projects including the Matharbari and third terminal of
Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport."
Sheikh Hasina described the late Japanese Prime Minister
Shinzo Abe as the "Great Friend of Bangladesh".
Japanese state minister said, "Japan feels proud of
being a development partner of Bangladesh. Japan will continue assisting
Bangladesh in development efforts."
He said he visited Bangladesh five years ago and now he has
become astonished witnessing the huge development took place in the last five
years under the dynamic and visionary leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh
Hasina.
TAKEI Shunsuke said the Japan government is carrying forward
the comprehensive Japan and Bangladesh partnership launched in 2014 by Japanese
late Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
He said the operation of flight between Dhaka and Tokyo
nearing 50 years and diplomatic relations between Japan and Bangladesh will
promote connectivity in the days to come.
PM's Ambassador-at-large Mohammad Ziauddin, PM's Principal
Secretary Dr Ahmad Kaikaus and Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh Ito Naoki were
present, among others._bss
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