Bangladesh and Myanmar on Tuesday agreed to begin the first batch of Rohingyas repatriation by mid-November.
Foreign Secretary M Shahidul Haque made the announcement after the third Joint Working Group (JWG) meeting on the repatriation of verified Rohingyas.
The third JWG meeting of the foreign secretary-level, held at State guesthouse Meghna in Dhaka city, was co-chaired by Permanent Secretary Myint Thu of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Myanmar and his Bangladesh counterpart Senior Secretary M Shahidul Haque of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, UNB reports.
They discussed the Rohingya repatriation issue in details as there are “intensive efforts” to begin the repatriation.
The joint working group members from both the sides will visit Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar on Wednesday and will have interactions with Rohingyas, an official said.