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"U SOE HAN, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, called
in Mr Manjurul Karim Khan Chowdhury, Ambassador of
Bangladesh to Myanmar, at 3 pm on 28 January 2020 at the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Nay Pyi Taw.
During the meeting, the Permanent Secretary drew
the attention of the Bangladeshi Ambassador to the Press
Release recently issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
of Bangladesh with a misleading title mentioning that “the
ICJ ordered Myanmar to “stop” genocidal acts”. He told the
Ambassador that in fact, the ICJ indicated Myanmar to take
all measures to “prevent” the genocidal acts in accordance
with its obligations under the Genocide Convention. The
Court also reaffirmed, among others, that the decision in
no way prejudge the questions relating to the merits of the
case filed by Gambia against Myanmar.
The Permanent Secretary objected to the Bangladesh’s
intentional distortion of the decision of the Court on the case
against Myanmar.
Such disinformation can cause misunderstanding on
Myanmar by the International Community and it would in
no way contribute to promoting bilateral relations and in
advancing the repatriation process.
The Permanent Secretary also reiterated Myanmar’s
readiness to receive the verified displaced persons and
Myanmar’s repeated request to the Bangladeshi side for the
expeditious repatriation of the verified displaced persons
including Hindus who clearly expressed their willingness
to return.
He also reaffirmed his concurrence to resuming of the
next meeting of Myanmar-Bangladesh Joint Working Group
on the Repatriation of Displaced Persons at a mutually convenient
date..."
Source/publisher:
Myanmar Ministry of Information via "The Global New Light of Myanmar"
Date of Publication:
2020-01-30
Date of entry:
2020-01-30
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Myanmar
Administrative areas of Burma/Myanmar:
Rakhine State
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