MNA Exclusive Desk: Bangladesh and Myanmar on Tuesday agreed to begin 1st batch of Rohingyas repatriation by mid-November, reported news agency.
Foreign Secretary M Shahidul Haque made the announcement after the third Joint Working Group (JWG) meeting on the repatriation of verified Rohingyas.
The third JWG meeting of the foreign secretary-level, held at State guesthouse Meghna in the city, was co-chaired by Permanent Secretary Myint Thu of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Myanmar and his Bangladesh counterpart Senior Secretary M Shahidul Haque of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
They discussed the Rohingya repatriation issue in detail as there are ‘intensive efforts’ to begin the repatriation.