Dhaka, Yangon should talk

The Bangladesh and Myanmar governments should sit together and involve the international community to find out a lasting solution to the long-term Rohingya issue, said speakers yesterday at a seminar in the capital.
The Rohingya issue is a big problem for both the countries and Bangladesh should make the humanitarian appeal before the international community to take measures to ensure the right of the Rohingya Muslims to live as human beings, they added.
Former BNP leader Nazmul Huda, Sanjib Chowdhury, Dr Sukumar Barua and Moshtak Ahmed Bhasani spoke at the seminar tilted “Expectation of the international community over the visit of the US President Barack Obama on Rohingya issue” organised by Bangladesh-Myanmar Shampriti Parishad at Jatiya Press Club.
They urged US President Barack Obama, who is now visiting Myanmar, to solve the problem immediately after he returns to US.
Huda, the chief guest, said it is Myanmar's responsibility to accommodate its residents on its vast land.
The Bangladesh government should have sent a special delegation to Myanmar with an agenda to discuss the issue before Obama's visit to the country was finalised.
"We have to let the world know that the Rohingya issue is a problem of the world and they cannot ignore it. Similarly, we have to tell the Muslim world to stand with the Rohingyas," he added.