India visit successful over assurance on Rohingya, water sharing: FM
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen today termed his India visit as successful and effective as Delhi gave strong assurance of cooperation in resolving the water sharing issues as well as supporting safe repatriation of Rohingyas.
“My India trip is fairly successful. I am very much hopeful about India’s cooperation in resolving water sharing issues. We are looking for solution to sharing of all the 54 common rivers, not only Teesta,” he said.
He was briefing newsmen at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport upon his arrival from India after his maiden three-day foreign trip their as the Bangladesh foreign minister, reports BSS.
Momen said Bangladesh and India both have advanced to a great extent to resolve the dispute regarding the water sharing. “We have discussed over water sharing including Teesta issue. They gave me assurance and I am hopeful on that (assurance). Nothing to be worried, it will be solved by time,” he said.
The foreign minister said Bangladesh-India talk was held in a warm atmosphere. All credits goes to the Prime Minister as she had built warm and confident bilateral relations between the two friendly neighbours in past one decade, he observed.
About the Rohingya issue, the foreign minister said the Indian government assured all kind of support to Bangladesh in resolving the crisis.
“They (India) assured me, if the Indian government deports any Rohingya from their land, they will send them to their country of origin not to Bangladesh,” Momen said.
Momen told the Indian side that if the stay of Rohingya lingers in Bangladesh then different kind of problems, including radicalization, might be developed that brings harm for all the countries of the region.
Replying a question on how Indian will assist Bangladesh in resolving the Rohingya issue, the foreign minister said, “I want help from India (to resolve Rohingya crisis). Now it’s their decision how they will help us in resolving the crisis”.
Earlier, On Friday in New Delhi, Dr Momen told BSS that Bangladesh wanted a “safe haven” for the forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals in Rakhine state by ensuring their safe, secured and dignified repatriation under the monitoring of India, China and other ASEAN nations.
