UNB: A high-profile Bangladesh delegation, led by Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali, on Saturday visited Maungdaw, a town in Rakhine State of Myanmar, to see the situation there.
Foreign Secretary M Shahidul Haque and few members of joint working group accompanied the Foreign Minister. The delegation members left Sittwe for Maungdaw at noon, yesterday.
Myanmar’s Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement Minister Win Myat Aye were also with the Bangladesh delegation.
“Yes, the minister visited Maungdaw. They’re now returning to Sitttwe. We’re waiting for them,” Bangladesh Ambassador to Yangon Manjurul Karim Khan Chowdhury told UNB.
He said they will return to Yangon once Bangladesh delegation returns from Maungdaw.
The Bangladesh Embassy in Yangon is likely to share the outcome of the visit in the evening, an official told UNB.
Minister Ali began his four-day visit to Myanmar on Thursday to discuss progress on Rohingya repatriation with Myanmar leadership.
The Bangladesh delegation comprising members of joint working group formed earlier for the repatriation of Rohingyas living in Bangladesh are now in Myanmar to see what steps Myanmar has taken so far for creating a conducive environment to the safe return of Rohingyas.