DHAKA, 15 October 2021, (TON): The envoy said that global community needs to put pressure on Myanmar to resolve the Rohingya crisis.

Seeking sustained international pressure on Myanmar to achieve the Rohingya repatriation goal, the Japanese ambassador to Bangladesh has said the signing of an MoU between Bangladesh and the UNHCR, to begin UN engagement in Bhasan Char, will pave the way for even better cooperation and coordination on the Rohingya repatriation process.

“It’s very important that the international community puts pressure on Myanmar as part of the repatriation work. How? I think it depends on the individual country,” Ito Naoki told diplomatic correspondents at “DCAB Talk”, emphasizing the importance of peace and stability in the region.

The flagship program was organized by the Diplomatic Correspondents Association Bangladesh (DCAB) at National Press Club in Dhaka. DCAB President Pantho Rahaman and General Secretary AKM Moinuddin also spoke at the event.

Responding to a question on how the international community can put pressure on Myanmar, Naoki said there has been pressure coming through UN resolutions which are of course one way while the other possibility is direct contact or direct representation.

He added “I would say Japan has been doing this by making the use of the channels that Japan has established. So, we directly communicated with the Myanmar military side.”

He also said “Japan might not have played a very prominent role but he thinks Japan has been playing a very important role in its own way. “Japan has been doing what it can do. We’ll continue to do that.”