Bangladesh to reject China’s proposals on Rohingya crisis

[BitHeroBD]

Bangladesh will continue to hold dialogue with Myanmar to resolve the refugee crisis

The government plans to reject a proposal by China recommending Bangladesh seek a bilateral solution to the ongoing Rohingya refugee crisis with Myanmar.

The Bangladesh government will speak in favour of international pressure on Myanmar, and will reject China’s offer for mediating an agreement with Myanmar during a meeting scheduled for Saturday.

The meeting will be attended by Bangladesh Minister of Foreign Affairs AH Mahmud Ali and his Chinese counterpart Wang YI, a government official told the Bangla Tribune.

The official added that Bangladesh will continue to hold dialogue with Myanmar to resolve the refugee crisis, but the international community must remain involved in the matter.

China has been recommending Bangladesh reach a bilateral solution to the Rohingya issue with Myanmar, and advised against involving the international community.

Chinese special envoy of Asian Affairs Sun Guoxiang pressed this issue during his visit to Dhaka earlier on November this year.

Addressing the matter, the government official said: “Bangladesh has held bilateral discussions with Myanmar over the Rohingya issue on numerous occasions, but had failed to make any headway in resolving the crisis.

“As soon as Bangladesh changed its stance and sought involvement from the international community, attempts to resolve the crisis began,” the official added.

“We do not think China’s offer to help solve the Rohingya crisis, and the recommendation of not involving the international community is acceptable.”

The official also said Bangladesh does not agree with China’s stance on dealing with the Rohingya refugee crisis, and will continue to hold dialogue with the international community, including China, to bring the refugee crisis to an end.

On October 25, following a meeting with Chinese special envoy Sun Guoxiang, Foreign Secretary M Shahidul Haque told reporters: “We have presented our stance over the matter. I told him [Guoxiang] when he visited Bangladesh six months ago, there were only 400,000 Rohingya refugees, now there are over 1,000,000.”

“This is the gravity of the situation,” Shahidul had said.

The foreign secretary had also admitted that China is recommending that Bangladesh should seek a bilateral solution to the Rohingya refugee issue with Myanmar.

This article was first published on Bangla Tribune

http://www.dhakatribune.com/banglad...1/18/bangladesh-reject-china-rohingya-crisis/

 

[UKBengali]

Too right.
China has shown time again it is not a neutral party and so cannot be a mediator.

 

[Flynn Swagmire]

Chinese proposal isn't acceptable to begin with. Refuge crisis and genocide is international matter, not bilateral...

 

[Chinese-Dragon]

China's bilateral method worked for the Kokang in Myanmar, they recognised them as citizens and accepted them back.

But Bangladesh seems intent on wrecking their relations with China, on the bidding of Modi's India. And it is the Rohingya who are paying the price.

 

[Shinigami]

China's bilateral method worked for the Kokang in Myanmar, they recognised them as citizens and accepted them back.

But Bangladesh seems intent on wrecking their relations with China, on the bidding of Modi's India. And it is the Rohingya who are paying the price.

redirecting the conversation. clever

 

[UKBengali]

China's bilateral method worked for the Kokang in Myanmar, they recognised them as citizens and accepted them back.

But Bangladesh seems intent on wrecking their relations with China, on the bidding of Modi's India. And it is the Rohingya who are paying the price.

This is nothing to do with India.

Please do not overdramatise. BD relations with China in economics and defence will not be in the least
bit affected by the Rohingya issue. China has already dispensed the first loan from October 2016 meeting and agreed on many more worth billions of dollars. BD government has already submitted it's wish list for next year. Military relations in terms of ToT to manufacture Chinese weapons in BD are also deep with manufacture of Chinese ships and missiles in full swing.
Both countries have conflicting interests in the matter and that is fine.

This is not the same as with Kokang since Myanmar has pushed majority of Rohingya into BD and keeps calling them illegal Bengalis. Kokang were never denied citizenship as Myanmar is scared of China's power.

BD as the larger and more stable country, and will over the long run impose a solution to this crisis favourable to it. Don't worry, China's investments in Arakan will not be harmed by BD.

 

[Kaniska]

China's bilateral method worked for the Kokang in Myanmar, they recognised them as citizens and accepted them back.

But Bangladesh seems intent on wrecking their relations with China, on the bidding of Modi's India. And it is the Rohingya who are paying the price.

Why do not you try to fascilitate and assist both countries to work on a positive solution...It is also a fact that BD alone can not sustain with 600,000 regugeess in its country in economic terms...China has influence with Bangladesh and Myanmar too...You can put pressure on Myanmar to take back thier citizens...

 

[Chinese-Dragon]

Why do not you try to fascilitate and assist both countries to work on a positive solution...It is also a fact that BD alone can not sustain with 600,000 regugeess in its country in economic terms...China has influence with Bangladesh and Myanmar too...You can put pressure on Myanmar to take back thier citizens...

China took in hundreds of thousands of ethnic Chinese refugees from Southeast Asia (especially Vietnam) in the 1980's when we had more poverty than most of Africa.

Bangladesh today has far better resources than we did back then, and if they still can't handle it they can ask other Muslim countries to host them.

In the end, the Rohingya are the safest outside of Myanmar. The Myanmar democratic regime doesn't even see them as people, let alone their fellow citizens.

 

[Nilgiri]

Bangladesh today has far better resources than we did back then, and if they still can't handle it they can ask other Muslim countries to host them.

Turkey literally said they will pay every dollar it needs to host the rohingya in BD.

Don't bother with BD, they are fearful of the precedent this sets (and just being forcibly dictated to and losing face) rather than the so called "economic burden".

But Bangladesh seems intent on wrecking their relations with China, on the bidding of Modi's India. And it is the Rohingya who are paying the price.

Whatever the BD members here bray, just watch 2018...it will be quite humorous. BD is importing rice from Myanmar as we speak, Rohingya shoddy treatment in BD is now increasing and getting more vocal...and this country has the gall to reject any proposal from a country that actually matters and has influence on issue. They are lost cause, and they will further delve into their bitter tears now hoping for some hail mary. China knows well how to handle this kind of drama queen attitude...BD has realised far less than 10% of the capital machinery import from China members were projecting here just 2 years back for a reason....they are over-leveraged in pretty much everything (politics, economics, military you name it).

 

[UKBengali]

Turkey literally said they will pay every dollar it needs to host the rohingya in BD.

Don't bother with BD, they are fearful of the precedent this sets (and just being forcibly dictated to and losing face) rather than the so called "economic burden".



Whatever the BD members here bray, just watch 2018...it will be quite humorous. BD is importing rice from Myanmar as we speak, Rohingya shoddy treatment in BD is now increasing and getting more vocal...and this country has the gall to reject any proposal from a country that actually matters and has influence on issue. They are lost cause, and they will further delve into their bitter tears now hoping for some hail mary. China knows well how to handle this kind of drama queen attitude...BD has realised far less than 10% of the capital machinery import from China members were projecting here just 2 years back for a reason....they are over-leveraged in pretty much everything (politics, economics, military you name it).

Chinese have nothing but contempt for the whole idea of India.
BD and China relations are only going to get stronger. First 6.8 billion US dollars out of 24 billion promised last year has already been approved, and Chinese warships and missiles are being produced in BD as we speak.

 

[Cherokee]

China's bilateral method worked for the Kokang in Myanmar, they recognised them as citizens and accepted them back.

But Bangladesh seems intent on wrecking their relations with China, on the bidding of Modi's India. And it is the Rohingya who are paying the price.

I know you have to please Pakistanis here but what the f*ck Modi India has to do with this move of Bangladesh?. Standards for think Tanks have really fallen these days..

 

[EastBengalPro]

Rohingya issue has been a complex issue for decades.Couple of periodical bilateral meetings with Myanmar not going to solve this.UN must be involved with any sort of negotiation.

 

[mb444]

The Myanmar democratic regime doesn't even see them as people, let alone their fellow citizens.

As such China's suggestion of bilateral agreement is idiotic and BD would be ignoring it.

BD will ultimately need to impose a solution on Burma.

Multilateral approach first and then direct intervention.

BD understands China's economic interest and will protect it. China needs to understand BDs interest and step aside and let what needs to be done done. I am sure china and BD will work in concert in the background. Neither country need lose face or economic geostrategic interest on account of Burmese monkeys.

 

[Chinese-Dragon]

As such China's suggestion of bilateral agreement is idiotic and BD would be ignoring it.

BD will ultimately need to impose a solution on Burma.

Multilateral approach first and then direct intervention.

BD understands China's economic interest and will protect it. China needs to understand BDs interest and step aside and let what needs to be done done. I am sure china and BD will work in concert in the background. Neither country need lose face or economic geostrategic interest on account of Burmese monkeys.

Go for it then. China has no mutual defence treaty with Myanmar, so there is no situation in which China will fight a war on Myanmar's behalf.

If BD wanted they could squash Myanmar tomorrow, but let's see if Hasina cares enough to do that.

 

[mb444]

Go for it then. China has no mutual defence treaty with Myanmar, so there is no situation in which China will fight a war on Myanmar's behalf.

If BD wanted they could squash Myanmar tomorrow, but let's see if Hasina cares enough to do that.

I don't think that would happen.... cost benifit would not justify such action.

BD will not proceed bilaterally. It will seek multilateral agreement and return of rohingya in the medium to long term. In the mean time it will urge resumption of sanctions which has began from the EU and will spread through the western countries.

Rohingyas can not be asked to return from where they have been ethnically cleansed without any guarantee of safety.

One will hope Burma will see sense, implement Annan recommendations and begin to regularise the situation.

If not BD will follow the next obvious course of action.... unofficially enable insurgency in rohingyas and support established insurgencies.

Burma is hardly a stable country. It's not going to take much to cause it's implosion. It has too many internal ethnic wars and too many inconsistencies.

BD is focused on growing our economy and instability in the region will hamper any such effort. It is never a good idea to antagonise neighbours as there is always repercussion. A reaction will be forthcoming from BD, however it is up to Burma what that reaction is... it could be assistance in ensuring peaceful rakhine region and win win economic cooperation and peace or lighting of fuse that will blow open the powderkeg.