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BD mounting pressure for safe return of Rohingyas: Mahmood
DHAKA, July 25, 2018 (BSS) – Foreign Minister A H Mahmood Ali said
Bangladesh is keeping pressure on Myanmar to ensure dignified, safe and
sustainable return of the forcibly displaced Rohingyas.
He said this while meeting with Deputy Secretary of State John J.
Sullivan Tuesday at the United States Department of State in Washington, DC,
an official release said today.
The State Department is hosting the high-level global meeting on
religious freedom on July 25-26.
During the meeting, the foreign minister requested the US administration
to return Rashed Chowdhury, a convicted killer of the Father of the Nation of
Bangladesh Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, to bring him to the book.
He said the return of convicted killers would create a tremendous amount
of goodwill about the United States among the people of Bangladesh.
In response, Deputy Secretary Sullivan assured that the United States
would continue to work with Myanmar government for their early repatriation.
He also stated that he is aware of the issue and the United States
Department of Justice is dealing with this.
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