Foreign Minister briefs Army Chief over Myanmar visit

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DHAKA, Dec 4, 2019 (BSS) – Foreign Minister Dr Abdul Momen today briefed
Army Chief General Aziz Ahmed about latter’s upcoming visit to Myanmar at
foreign ministry here.

“It’s just a routine tour …as like we do visit other countries to
increase bilateral cooperation and enhance military engagement,” General Aziz
told reporters briefly after emerging from the meeting with Momen at foreign
ministry here.

The Bangladesh army chief is schedule to visit Myanmar this month at an
official bilateral routine visit.

Earlier at a briefing last week, the foreign minister said the upcoming
army chief’s visit to Myanmar will open ‘another line of negotiation’ between
Dhaka and Naypyidaw in resolving the Rohingya crisis.

“I think it (army chief’s visit) will bring good outcome (in resolving
Rohingya crisis),” he said, adding that Dhaka would like to resolve the
Rohingya crisis through dialogue with Naypyidaw.