Bangladesh on Monday sent a high-level delegation to Myanmar for talks on the deepening Rohingya crisis as Dhaka sought to increase pressure on Naypyidaw to take back 6,00,000 members of the minority Muslim community who have fled Rakhine state to escape persecution.
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan is leading the 12-member delegation comprising chiefs of paramilitary Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), coastguard, police and several senior officials.
Khan did not speak to the media before the departure but a home ministry spokesman told PTI that the delegation left for Myanmar this afternoon.