Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming is scheduled to meet Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen at his office at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday morning.
A senior official said Bangladesh is likely to seek an update from the Chinese side during the meeting regarding its efforts to find ways for repatriation of the Rohingya refugees to Myanmar, according to UNB.
At a recent event, Chinese Ambassador Li Jiming indicated that they are going to formally share the “feedback” with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Dhaka based on what they talked with the Myanmar side. “I am not going to disclose it right now.”
The idea of a tripartite mechanism among Bangladesh, China and Myanmar came four years ago in New New York to evaluate the situation on the ground and take steps for the early repatriation and there had been few meetings.
Brokered by China, Bangladesh and Myanmar signed an agreement for starting repatriation of the Rohingya refugees to Myanmar under a tripartite mechanism, but the process remained stalled.
Despite assurance from Myanmar, not a single person was taken back over the last five years. Bangladesh is hosting over 1.1 million Rohingya in Cox’s Bazar and Bhasan Char.