Myanmar has fixed the maps on two of its government websites, which showed that the St Martin’s Island was part of its territory, the foreign ministry informed a parliamentary panel.

“Following Dhaka’s protest Myanmar has updated its maps and we have asked the ministry to check whether there isany other similar distortion of facts,” ruling MP Faruk Khan, who sits on the Parliamentary Standing Committee for Foreign Ministry, told Bangla Tribune on Sunday.

A statement by the Parliament Secretariat said that the issue was discussed during the committee’s meeting on Sunday, when the foreign ministry informed the panel about the latest development.

On Saturday, the foreign ministry summoned Myanmar Ambassador Lwin Oo.

Khursehd Alam, secretary for maritime affairs at the foreign ministry, handed over a protest note when the ambassador met him in his office the same day.

A foreign ministry official said that Myanmar updated its map on the official website of the Department of Population, dop.gov.mm, and another website, themimu.info, in a way that shows that the Saint Martin’s Island is part of its territory, reported state news agency BSS.

They used similar colour for both Myanmar and the Saint Martin’s Island. Bangladesh has been shown by using black colour.

Clicking the Saint Martin’s Island, one can get the detailed information about the population of that area which is also similar to Myanmar. Nothing can be seen on the Bangladesh map.

St Martin’s Island has been part of British India when Myanmar was divided in 1937. After the 1947 Partition, it was with the then-East Pakistan. Then after independence it was with Bangladesh.

The first maritime boundary agreement with Myanmar in 1974 and even after the UN court’s verdict on the maritime dispute between the countries, the island was always part of Bangladesh.