Bangladesh and Myanmar will form a joint working group within November 30 and the Terms of Reference(ToR) of the group will determine repatriation of the Rohingyas refugees.
"Earlier, the two countries had agreed to constitute the joint working group. But during my visit, I finalised the date to set all the terms and regulations of the group by November 30, "said Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal.
Kamal said this to reporters on Thursday after returning wrapping up his two-day official visit to Myamanmar.
The terms and regulations of the joint group will be formulated keeping the recommendations of the Kofi Annan-led Advisory Commission on Rakhine State and the five-point proposal of the UN in mind, he said.
Asaduzzaman said his Myanmar counterpart Lt Gen Kyaw Swe assured them of taking back the Rohingyas.
However, the repatriation of Rohingyas would depend on ToR of the joint working group.
"The Joint Working Group would prepare the ToR and Myanmar would take decision on returning back Rohingyas from Bangladesh, based on the ToR," said he.
Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali is scheduled to visit Myanmar on November 30, Khan said, adding, "I met with Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, home minister and deputy home minister and they assured me of taking back Rohingyas from Bangladesh. And they are working on it"
Asaduzzaman also said the Myanmar government handed over an obscure list of terrorists without mentioning their parents' names or addresses to the Bangladesh delegation suspecting that they might have fled into Bangladesh. "The list is now in the hand of IGP. We assured them of taking action against the militants," he added.
Some other issues like border security, smuggling of drugs and human trafficking were also discussed at the meeting, he said.
The home minister went to Myanmar on Monday for bilateral talks and returned home on Wednesday.
