DHAKA, Feb 26, 2020 (BSS) – Foreign minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has urged
Germany to consider meaningful measures compelling Myanmar for creating a
conducive environment in Rakhine for safe, dignified and sustainable return
of the forcibly displaced Rohingys.
Momen made the urge while visiting German Minister for Economic
Cooperation and Development Dr Gerd Muller held a meeting with him at
Parliament on Tuesday night.
The German minister expressed his country’s firm commitment to a
sustainable solution to the Rohingya crisis and Myanmar’s full compliance
with the recent order of the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
Bangladesh is hosting over 1.1 million forcefully displaced Rohingyas in
Cox’s Bazar district and most of them arrived there since August 25, 2017
after a military crackdown by Myanmar, which the UN called a “textbook
example of ethnic cleansing” and “genocide” by other rights groups.
Muller is scheduled to visit Rohingya camps today to see the situation on
the ground.
During the meeting, Momen highlighted Bangladesh’s tremendous socio-
economic developments, particularly during the last one decade in line with
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s Vision 2021 and Vision 2041 that envisages the
transformation of Bangladesh into Sonar Bangla or Golden Bengal as dreamt by
Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
The foreign minister informed the German Minister about the year-long
observation of the 100th birth anniversary Bangabandhu, commencing on 17th
March 2020, and reiterated Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s invitation to
German Chancellor Angela Merkel to join the celebration.
Momen also urged German investors to invest more in Bangladesh particularly
in the Special Economic Zones and Hi-tech Parks, taking advantage of
attractive incentive packages, available skilled manpower and IT
professionals and a growing middle-class consumers.
He also suggested that giant German motor vehicle manufacturers like BMW
should build assembling plants in Bangladesh.
The German Minister and his delegation is schedule to fly India this
afternoon after visiting the Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar.