Shawdesh Desk:

Chinese ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen on Sunday said that his country was working with Myanmar to have another ceasefire in Rakhine State, so that the Rohingya repatriation process could start very soon.

‘Repatriation issue is something we discussed quite deeply. We understand, now we face difficult days. But we need to be confident,’ he told reporters after his meeting with foreign minister Hasan Mahmud at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The ambassador recalled that they saw ceasefire in the past under the mediation of China in Rakhine State.

He said that they, under the joint initiative of Bangladesh, China and Myanmar, had already made remarkable progress in terms of repatriation of the Rohingyas.

Ambassador Yao said that China would continue to play its role and hoped that Bangladesh and Myanmar would remain engaged to make arrangements so that the Rohingyas can return to Myanmar as soon as possible.

Responding to a question on the Teesta project, he said that China was committed to help Bangladesh in this regard but it required proposal from the Bangladesh side first.

The Chinese ambassador said that they expect better future and deep cooperation with Bangladesh.