ROHINGYA CRISIS Bangladesh signs two memos with Myanmar

Bangladesh on Tuesday signed two memorandums of understanding with Myanmar to fetch security cooperation and dialogue and set up border liaison office in respective countries amid the ongoing influx of Rohingays into Bangladesh fleeing violence in Rakhine state.
The bilateral ministerial meeting and signing ceremony of memorandums were held at the Myanmar foreign ministry, said home ministry spokesperson Sharif Mahmud Apu. 
According to the footage obtained by New Age, home minister Asaduzzaman Khan in the meeting with Myanmar authorities reaffirmed that Bangladesh would allow no ‘separatists’ or ‘terrorists’ to use its soil to harm its neighbours.
‘One thing is ARSA. If you have any intelligence about ARSA, you can share with us,’ the minister told his Myanmar counterpart.
The new influx began after Myanmar security forces responded to Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army’s reported attacks on August 25 by launching violence what the United Nations denounced as ethnic cleansing.
The meeting decided to hold talks of a joint working group by November. 
In the meeting, Bangladesh pushed Myanmar to take back Rohingyas and implement the recommendation made by the Kafi Annan Commission in late August. 
The Asaduzzaman-led delegation would call on Myanmar state counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, also the leader of National League for Democracy, who won Nobel Peace Prize in 1991, this morning.
On Monday, the home minister left Dhaka for Myanmar on a three-day visit and hoped that the bilateral meeting with his counterpart would reach a ‘fruitful’ decision on how the Rohingyas could be repatriated.
According to UN estimation on Tuesday, 6,04,000 Rohingyas entered Bangladesh in the new influx what the United Nations called the world’s fastest-developing refugee emergency. 

News Courtesy: www.newagebd.net