Bangladesh will open fire at Myanmar border to stop trafficking, drugs smuggling: Momen

DHAKA, 06 October 2021, (TON): Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen said “Bangladesh will open fire at border with Myanmar to stop arms and drugs smuggling and human trafficking.”

The minister said "we had decided never to open fire at the border. But I had a discussion with the home minister yesterday (Monday) about the current situation at the border and decided that we will open fire in the future."

He added "only then crimes like human trafficking or drugs and arms smuggling will stop."

He was talking to journalists after a programme at Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital this morning.

The foreign minister said "we have a history with Myanmar. In 1982, two lakh Rohingyas came to Bangladesh and were repatriated through negotiations. In 1992, another 2.53 lakh Rohingyas arrived and 2.36 lakh of them returned while others were taken by UNHCR. This time the number is bigger, 11 lakh."

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