Bangladesh wants Rohingyas to return safely to Myanmar and to do that, Bilateral & multilateral pressures are maintaining on the government of Myanmar. Thursday (September 28) will be a very important open discussion on the Rohingya issue in the Security Council. In addition, in the first week of October, Union Minister of Myanmar State Counselor's Office, Wu Tint Sawe is coming to Dhaka to discuss Rohingya issues. According to the concerned experts, the government should take steps to maintain bilateral and multilateral pressures through strong diplomacy.
Former ambassador to China, Munshi Faiz Ahmed told the Bangla Tribune, ‘Our aim is to the safe return of Rohingyas. This message should be sent in a firm but elegant way to Myanmar. He further said, ‘We have come out with strong diplomacy and now we can see some results. It should be maintained.
The diplomat said the issue of Rohingya repatriation will be manifested rather than blaming Myanmar during the bilateral talks on Myanmar’s Union Minister visit.
Recently, Bangladesh has proposed a joint operation to stop violence in Myanmar. Besides, three years ago the proposal to set up a Border Liaison office for security cooperation agreement and border management was proposed. But Myanmar has not yet shown interest in the agreements. Regarding discussions on the Rohingya issue in the Security Council, Munshi Faiz said, 'It is very important and it is hard to tell what will happen tomorrow, but we should support a possible path that everyone will accept and at the same time will help us to achieve our objective.
Asked about this, former Bangladesh's Defense Attache Shahidul Haque said, ‘We should have a multilateral discussion with Myanmar. With my experience, it can be said they do not give much importance to bilateral talks. They are trying to waste time through this discussion.’
He also advised the people to work together to create public opinion against the criminals of Myanmar with the diplomatic efforts being undertaken by Bangladesh. Bangladesh can discuss whether the targeted block can be given against those criminals.
Since the beginning of Rakhine's crackdown on the Rohingyas since August 25, about 480,000 Rohingyas have been forced to flee to Bangladesh. Currently, there are about 9 lakh Rohingya staying in Bangladesh.