"Chan Aye, Director-General of the International Organizations and Economic Department, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar received Ms Cecile Fradot, Deputy Representative of UNHCR in Myanmar at 2 pm on 19 August 2019 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Nay Pyi Taw. During the meeting, the Director-General explained the position of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the UNHCR’s request to access the resettlement sites of 3,450 verified displaced persons who will be expected to repatriate to Myanmar on 22 August 2019 in accordance with the bilateral agreements between Myanmar and Bangladesh, and areas of cooperation between Myanmar and UNHCR. The Director-General informed the UNHCR’s Deputy Representative that the repatriation of 3,450 verified displaced persons will be conducted in accordance with the bilateral agreements between Myanmar and Bangladesh and the MoU signed between Myanmar and UNDP/ UNHCR. The UNHCR could propose related assistance to provide for the resettlement of the returnees on their return to Myanmar. Myanmar will also inform the UNHCR should it have any need for assistance in its efforts to resettlement. The Government of Myanmar has provided relevant information of the resettlement and sites to the Bangladesh Government, in accordance with the bilateral agreements. If Bangladesh needs any further information, Myanmar stands ready to cooperate with Bangladesh constructively. Recently, a delegation of Myanmar led by the Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Foreign Affairs, together with the members of an Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ (ASEAN) emergency response team, visited displaced persons’ camps in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar to explain the way forward for their repatriation. The Director–General also reiterated that Myanmar..."