India, China’s statements on Rohingya not considerable: Hasina

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday said it is not considerable to Bangladesh what India and China are saying about the Rohingya issue.

"Their [India and China] diplomats saw the woes of the Rohingyas and they're very much sympathetic to them. We saw that," she said.

The prime minister was responding to a question during a press conference at the Bangladesh Permanent Mission at the UN in New York.

She also mentioned that India and China came forward with humanitarian assistance and they are sending relief materials to Bangladesh for the Rohingya refugees. "They're extending all sorts of cooperation."

Hasina said all the diplomats, stationed in Dhaka, went to the Rohingya camps in Cox's Bazar to see for themselves the sufferings of the refugees. "They talked to them (Rohingyas)... they're all sympathetic to the Rohingya refugees," she said.

The prime minister said after giving shelter to some 800,000 Myanmar nationals in Bangladesh, the country is facing a complex crisis about their food, accommodation, emergency relief and their repatriation.

Talking about her meeting with UN gecretary general Antonio Guterres, Hasina said he highly appreciated Bangladesh for standing in their bad time by the Rohingya refugees fleeing persecution by Myanmar security forces in Rakhine State. "He (UN secretary general) also said he will do everything possible from his side to resolve the problem permanently," she added.

Hasina said as the government is providing food to Bangladesh's 16 crore people, it will not be a big deal for the country to feed another 800,000 Rohingya refugees. "If needed, we'll eat one time a day and share our food with them (Rohingyas) during other time," she said.

Source: unb