Arakan News Agency
Rohingya crisis has taken a critical turn as the Myanmar government has drawn four criteria before it proceeds with the repatriation of Rohingya refugees.
Quoting Myanmar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary U Kyaw Zeya, Kolkata based newspaper Anandabazar said, “Those Rohingyas who can provide documented proof of long-term residence in Myanmar, want to return to Arakan of their own will, can prove that they have relatives on the Myanmar side of the border and (in the case of children) can provide evidence their parents are permanent residents of Myanmar will be allowed to return.”
“When we are working on the issue then the statement quoted by the Foreign Secretary of Myanmar is seemed too weak to convince the international community to create ‘collective’ pressure on Myanmar for a permanent solution,” a senior official of the Foreign Ministry told the Daily observer on Saturday.
Many foreign diplomats, who have visited the Cox’s Bazar refugee camps, say it will be difficult for most of the approximately 1 million Rohingya refugees to meet the conditions set by Myanmar.
“There are many issues in the air. When we the parties will sit then everything would be bought under daylight. Negotiation is going to take place and we hope we will discuss every issues and be able to sign the agreement under which the “joint Working group will be formed,” another official said.
U Kyaw Zeya also said it is mandatory to show some documents such as school registration, medical treatment at hospitals, work documents, the official said, adding that in between the line we are seeing some hope.
According to the sources, the draft is facing problem as Myanmar government makes an outline to discuss the repartition issue on the basis of 1992 agreement and Bangladesh wants to draw the line in accordance with the recommendations of the Kofi Annan Commission. So, we are facing problem to complete the task, the official added.
Meanwhile, Bangladesh has briefed the non-resident envoys of about 76 countries, who are accredited to Bangladesh but based in New Delhi, seeking their support to any international move to put pressure on Myanmar to repatriate its nationals forcibly displaced from Arakan state.
Projecting the magnitude of the problem, the Foreign Ministry requested Myanmar’s neighbours to exert their influence on Nay Pyi Taw to take its people back to their homes.
The United Nations, European Union, other important organizations and powerful nations, including US and Russia, still did not take any hard step — like ‘sanctions’ — against Myanmar except issuing statements with condemnation.
Even, the OIC, ASEAN and SAARC have not yet taken any visible step to end this problem though there is a widespread speculation that prolonged Rohingya crisis could create an adverse impact, directly or indirectly, in this region.
“Foreign ministers of China, Germany and Sweden will arrive in Dhaka on November 18 while the foreign minister of Japan will reach on November 19 amidst the ongoing Rohingya crisis putting Bangladesh in an unprecedented difficult situation. We hope we could be able to describe our position in proper manner,” the official added.
Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali visit Nay Pyi Taw on November 16 to join the ASEM Foreign Ministers’ meeting scheduled for November 20-21. Later, he will sit in a meeting with his Myanmar’s counterpart, Foreign Ministry sources said.
Foreign Ministry is working on much awaiting “Agreement” which is going to be signed with Myanmar by this month for repatriation of the Rohingya refugees who fled to Bangladesh to escape persecution in Myanmar.
Meanwhile, the Myanmar government has also begun to issue National Verification Cards (NVCs) as certificates of citizenship to Rohingyas in Maungdaw to sign the deed as the Myanmar government wants to form the Joint Working group for the repartition of Rohingyas.
“Still we are working on the draft agreement. However, we send the draft to Myanmar three times and they made some changes. We would complete it before November 15,” a senior official of the foreign Ministry said on Saturday.
The NVCs are being distributed based on a survey using the 1982 citizenship law to determine which persons are defined as Myanmar nationals
Quoting Myanmar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary U Kyaw Zeya, Kolkata based newspaper Anandabazar said, “Those Rohingyas who can provide documented proof of long-term residence in Myanmar, want to return to Arakan of their own will, can prove that they have relatives on the Myanmar side of the border and (in the case of children) can provide evidence their parents are permanent residents of Myanmar will be allowed to return.”
“When we are working on the issue then the statement quoted by the Foreign Secretary of Myanmar is seemed too weak to convince the international community to create ‘collective’ pressure on Myanmar for a permanent solution,” a senior official of the Foreign Ministry told the Daily observer on Saturday.
Many foreign diplomats, who have visited the Cox’s Bazar refugee camps, say it will be difficult for most of the approximately 1 million Rohingya refugees to meet the conditions set by Myanmar.
“There are many issues in the air. When we the parties will sit then everything would be bought under daylight. Negotiation is going to take place and we hope we will discuss every issues and be able to sign the agreement under which the “joint Working group will be formed,” another official said.
U Kyaw Zeya also said it is mandatory to show some documents such as school registration, medical treatment at hospitals, work documents, the official said, adding that in between the line we are seeing some hope.
According to the sources, the draft is facing problem as Myanmar government makes an outline to discuss the repartition issue on the basis of 1992 agreement and Bangladesh wants to draw the line in accordance with the recommendations of the Kofi Annan Commission. So, we are facing problem to complete the task, the official added.
Meanwhile, Bangladesh has briefed the non-resident envoys of about 76 countries, who are accredited to Bangladesh but based in New Delhi, seeking their support to any international move to put pressure on Myanmar to repatriate its nationals forcibly displaced from Arakan state.
Projecting the magnitude of the problem, the Foreign Ministry requested Myanmar’s neighbours to exert their influence on Nay Pyi Taw to take its people back to their homes.
The United Nations, European Union, other important organizations and powerful nations, including US and Russia, still did not take any hard step — like ‘sanctions’ — against Myanmar except issuing statements with condemnation.
Even, the OIC, ASEAN and SAARC have not yet taken any visible step to end this problem though there is a widespread speculation that prolonged Rohingya crisis could create an adverse impact, directly or indirectly, in this region.
“Foreign ministers of China, Germany and Sweden will arrive in Dhaka on November 18 while the foreign minister of Japan will reach on November 19 amidst the ongoing Rohingya crisis putting Bangladesh in an unprecedented difficult situation. We hope we could be able to describe our position in proper manner,” the official added.
Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali visit Nay Pyi Taw on November 16 to join the ASEM Foreign Ministers’ meeting scheduled for November 20-21. Later, he will sit in a meeting with his Myanmar’s counterpart, Foreign Ministry sources said.
Foreign Ministry is working on much awaiting “Agreement” which is going to be signed with Myanmar by this month for repatriation of the Rohingya refugees who fled to Bangladesh to escape persecution in Myanmar.
Meanwhile, the Myanmar government has also begun to issue National Verification Cards (NVCs) as certificates of citizenship to Rohingyas in Maungdaw to sign the deed as the Myanmar government wants to form the Joint Working group for the repartition of Rohingyas.
“Still we are working on the draft agreement. However, we send the draft to Myanmar three times and they made some changes. We would complete it before November 15,” a senior official of the foreign Ministry said on Saturday.
The NVCs are being distributed based on a survey using the 1982 citizenship law to determine which persons are defined as Myanmar nationals
