{"id":31334,"date":"2017-03-07T17:58:44","date_gmt":"2017-03-07T17:58:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=31334"},"modified":"2017-03-07T17:58:44","modified_gmt":"2017-03-07T17:58:44","slug":"pm-seeks-indonesias-help-to-repatriate-rohingyas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=31334","title":{"rendered":"PM seeks Indonesia\u2019s help to repatriate Rohingyas"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"PM-in-Jakarta\"News desk: Terming the Myanmar refugee crisis a big problem, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday urged the Indonesian government to play a role in repatriating the Myanmar refugees from Bangladesh.<\/p>\n

“The Myanmar refugee issue is a big problem for Bangladesh and it needs to be resolved,” the Prime Minister said at a bilateral meeting with Indonesian President Joko Widodo held at Jakarta Convention Centre on the sidelines of the IORA Leaders' Summit.<\/p>\n

Briefing reporters after the meeting, Foreign Secretary M Shahidul Haque said the Indonesian Foreign Minister recently visited Bangladesh and Myanmar to take account of the Myanmar refugee crisis.<\/p>\n

\nPrime Minister's Principal Secretary Dr Kamal Abdul Naser Chowdhury and Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim and Secretary (Maritime Unit) of Foreign Ministry Rear Admiral (retd) M Khorshed Alam were present at the briefing.<\/p>\n

Shahidul said the issues of cooperation on railway, pharmaceutical and energy sectors between Bangladesh and Indonesia also came up for discussions at the meeting.<\/p>\n

\nAt the meeting, the Prime Minister invited the Indonesian President to visit Bangladesh at his convenient time which he cordially accepted.<\/p>\n

Widodo told Hasina that a ministry-level delegation will visit Bangladesh within two months to set the agenda of his visit after discussions with Bangladesh officials.<\/p>\n

“We're hopeful that the visit of the Indonesian President to Bangladesh will take place by this year,” the Foreign Secretary said.<\/p>\n

Mentioning that his country has made great strides in the railway sector, the Indonesian President said they want to make contributions to the development of Bangladesh's railway sector.<\/p>\n

At this point, the Prime Minister expressed her satisfaction over the supply of 250 railway carriages by Indonesia to Bangladesh.<\/p>\n

Highlighting Bangladesh's huge development in the pharmaceutical sector, she said it is now exporting world class medicines to over 70 countries, including the United States and the European Union.<\/p>\n

Widodo underscored the need for joint collaboration between the two countries in the pharmaceutical sector.<\/p>\n

Shahidul also said a discussion was held on possible cooperation in the field of Liquefied natural gas (LNG) as Indonesia produces and exports the natural gas.<\/p>\n

He said the Indonesian President highly appreciated Bangladesh\u2019s tremendous socioeconomic development under Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina\u2019s leadership.<\/p>\n

Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali, PM's Principal Secretary Dr Kamal Abdul Naser Chowdhury, Foreign Secretary M Shahidul Haque and Bangladesh Ambassador to Indonesia Major General Azmal Kabir were, among others, present at the meeting.unb<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

News desk: Terming the Myanmar refugee crisis a big problem, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday urged the Indonesian government to play a role in repatriating the Myanmar refugees from Bangladesh. “The Myanmar refugee issue is a big problem for Bangladesh and it needs to be resolved,” the Prime Minister said at a bilateral meeting […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":31335,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n