Sheikh Hasina attacks US congressman for proposal on attaching Rakhine with Bangladesh
Dhaka, July 8 (IBNS): Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday criticized US congressman for his proposal to attach Myanmar’s Rakhine State with her nation to end the Rohingya crisis, media reports said.
“Each state is a sovereign one. Why they want to attach Rakhine State with us?” the prime minister was quoted as saying by The Daily Star in her press conference.
She was briefing the media on her recent China visit when she made the remark.
According to US media report, Congressman Bradley Sherman, Chairman of Sub-committee on Asia Pacific of the Congress, made the proposal on June 13 during a hearing on the State Department’s budget for South Asia, reported The Daily Star.
Sherman also called upon the State Department to consider the proposal of bringing Rakhine state of Myanmar under Bangladesh, the economic times reports quoting the US media report, reported the Bangladesh-based news paper.
Hasina visited China on July 1.
During her visit to the neighbouring nation, Hasina attended the annual meeting of World Economic Forum (WEF) in Dalian on July 2.
She held bilateral talks with Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang and even meet Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing during her visit.
Bangladesh and Rohingya trouble:
Almost a million Rohingya are currently living in Cox’s Bazar after escaping violence in Myanmar. In August 2017, some 500,000 people fled across the border in just a few weeks. Most Rohingya live in and around Cox’s Bazar, which has become the largest refugee settlement in the world – a desperately overcrowded environment prone to landslides and flooding.
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