Foreign Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Tuesday said Dhaka is keeping communication with Myanmar authority to send back the fresh 177 Myanmar security personnel who took shelter in Bangladesh amid the on-going ethnic conflict in the neighbouring country.
“Yesterday, 177 (Myanmar) border guards entered here. With them some civilians also entered but they were pushed back … like previous occasions, this time we are discussing with Myanmar to send back their security personnel,” he told the reporters at the Foreign Ministry.
The security personnel from Myanmar Border Guard Police (BGP) crossed the border near Naikhongchhari in Bandarban on Monday and sought shelter in Bangladesh amid their on-going conflict with the ethnic rebel group Arakan Army, reports BSS.
Replying to a query, the foreign minister said Dhaka is in touch with Myanmar authority and if required the Myanmar ambassador to Bangladesh will be summoned.
Earlier, Malaysian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Haznah Md Hashim made a courtesy call on foreign minister at the foreign ministry.
Regarding his meeting with the Malaysian envoy, the minister said they discussed various issues related to bilateral matters while laying emphasis on increasing trade and commerce relations.
“We discussed how Malaysia can increase the investment in the special economic zones in Bangladesh,” he said.
Mahmud said they also discussed various issues related to the labour market in Malaysia as well as welfare of the expatriate Bangladeshi workers currently residing in the South East Asian country.
