Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged
the international community to provide more support for Rohingya refugees who
have fled from Myanmar to her country.
Hasina made the appeal in an NHK interview in
Tokyo on Thursday. She met Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio on Wednesday.
They agreed to elevate bilateral relations to a strategic partnership.
Many minority Rohingya Muslims have crossed the
border to Bangladesh to escape the military crackdown against Rohingya
militants that Myanmar started in 2017.
Hasina said the cost of operating refugee camps
for about 1 million Rohingya is rising as energy and food prices have soared on
the back of the Ukrainian situation.
The Bangladeshi prime minister said her
government has already started discussions with the Myanmar military about
returning the refugees. She said Myanmar has agreed to take them back, but
nothing has materialized so far.
Hasina also said she wants to conclude an
economic partnership agreement with Japan by 2026. She said Bangladesh has a
large population of young people, and there are huge markets in South and
Southeast Asia.
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