Bangladesh asked Myanmar to ensure quick return of normalcy in its Buddhist-dominated Rakhine state so that it can repatriate thousands of Muslim refugees who have crossed the border to evade persecution amid Army crackdown.
“We have asked Naypyidaw to find out the real cause of the massive exodus of their minority ethnic people (Rohingyas) to Bangladesh to address the problem at its roots so they could return home at the earliest,” Foreign Minister A H Mahmood Ali told a media briefing at his office.
He said the exodus of Rohingyas from Rakhine state was damaging “stability, economic development, and tourism” in Bangladesh’s southeastern Chittagong region, especially in its sea resort town of Cox’s Bazar.