September 15, 2017 / LAST MODIFIED: 05:24 AM, September 15, 2017
New Delhi with Dhaka
Sushma Swaraj tells Hasina over phone; Trudeau calls Suu Kyi
Star Report
Indian Minister for External Affairs Sushma Swaraj last night expressed her government's full support to Bangladesh's stance over Rohingya issue.
Sushma talked to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina over phone and conveyed the message to her, PM's Deputy Press Secretary Nazrul Islam said after the conversation from Gono Bhaban.
Sushma said the Indian government is trying to create a pressure bilaterally and multilaterally on Myanmar to stop the persecution of Rohingyas as well as take back the refugees sheltered in Bangladesh.
"Rohingya problem is not an issue for Bangladesh alone; rather, it has turned into a global matter from a regional one," Sushma Swaraj told the prime minister.
Hasina said Bangladesh has given shelter to the Rohingyas only on humanitarian ground. Myanmar must acknowledge the Rohingyas as their nationals, she said, reports UNB.
New Delhi with Dhaka
Sushma Swaraj tells Hasina over phone; Trudeau calls Suu Kyi
Star Report
Indian Minister for External Affairs Sushma Swaraj last night expressed her government's full support to Bangladesh's stance over Rohingya issue.
Sushma talked to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina over phone and conveyed the message to her, PM's Deputy Press Secretary Nazrul Islam said after the conversation from Gono Bhaban.
Sushma said the Indian government is trying to create a pressure bilaterally and multilaterally on Myanmar to stop the persecution of Rohingyas as well as take back the refugees sheltered in Bangladesh.
"Rohingya problem is not an issue for Bangladesh alone; rather, it has turned into a global matter from a regional one," Sushma Swaraj told the prime minister.
Hasina said Bangladesh has given shelter to the Rohingyas only on humanitarian ground. Myanmar must acknowledge the Rohingyas as their nationals, she said, reports UNB.