The visiting Chinese Special Envoy for Asian Affairs Deng Xijun held meetings with Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen and Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen on the repatriation of the Rohingyas.

There was no public announcement about his arrival or the meetings. Xijun arrived in Dhaka on Sunday (July 30) on a three-day visit, which comes after his two-day tour of Myanmar.

Xijun visited Dhaka earlier on April 6 this year and had a meeting on Rohingya repatriation with the Foreign Minister.

China is mediating the Rohingya repatriation. Xijun visited Myanmar before coming to Dhaka.

In Myanmar, Xijun met with Foreign Minister U Than Swe, Minister for International Cooperation U Ko Ko Hlaing and Member of the State Administration Council Union and Chairman of the National Solidarity and Peacemaking Negotiation Committee Lieutenant-General Yar Pyae.

The UN agencies and some Western countries also maintained that the situation was not conducive for Rohingyas to return to Myanmar.

BDST: 1520 HRS, AUG 01, 2023
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