Rohingya, trade and oceans are the three major issues that are expected to be discussed when Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina interacts with G7 leaders in Canada next month.
The Bangladesh leader has been invited to attend the outreach programme for a second time in two years and it is all but certain that she is attending it.

The Group of Seven is an informal bloc of the US, the UK, Canada, France, Germany, Japan and Italy that meets annually to discuss issues like global economic governance, international security, and energy policy.
Besides the annual summit of G7 leaders, a meeting with other countries, known as the G7 Outreach, from outside the group is also held. Hasina was invited in the 2016 summit held in Japan.
“The G7 leaders want to know about Rohingya issue as all of them are sympathetic towards the most oppressed community in the world and very much supportive to Bangladesh, which provide shelter to 1.1 million displaced people,” a senior government official told Bangla Tribune.
Another senior official said, “Our position is clear. We want the Rohingyas to be repatriated in sustainable manner as they are posing threat to our economy, security and environment.”
This is the third time Bangladesh is facing such crisis and it wants to be resolved once and for all, he added.
“Accountability is the key to resolve the crisis as if the perpetrators go unpunished, it would happen again and again, not only this part of the world but also in other parts of the globe,” he said.
Trade
In the last fiscal, the two-way trade between Bangladesh and G7 member states stood at nearly $20 billion out of total trade of about $84 billion.
An official said, “We got duty-free access to all the G7 countries except the United States.”
The country has graduated to developing country this year and this is a good opportunity for Bangladesh to engage with major trading partners to continue the trade-benefit facilities, he said.
Germany is Bangladesh’s biggest export destination with $3.91 billion last fiscal followed by the United States with $3.83 billion.
Oceans
After resolving the maritime disputes with India and Myanmar, Bangladesh has given attention to harness the sea resources in a sustainable manner.
“We don’t have technology or know-how to tap the resources and we need cooperation from the advanced countries,” an official said seeking anonymity.
Bangladesh has already signed cooperation deals with China, India and European Union and would like to get assistance from other countries, he said.