DHAKA, 14 January 2022, (TON): Bangladesh has urged Vietnam to exert their friendly influence on Myanmar to take their forcefully displaced Rohingyas back on an expeditious basis.

The urge was made during a telephone conversation between Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen and his Vietnamese counterpart Bùi Thanh Son on Wednesday afternoon.

During the conversation, Momen called upon Vietnam and Asean to play a more proactive role in bringing a sustainable solution to the protracted Rohingya crisis by helping in a speedy, safe and dignified repatriation of the forcibly displaced people back to their motherland Myanmar.

The foreign minister voiced concerns about the growing susceptibility of the displaced Myanmar citizens in Bangladesh to radicalism, extremism, trans-border crimes, human trafficking, drug smuggling, etc, which have serious security implications for the entire region.

Momen apprised his Vietnamese counterpart of the plights of the displaced Rohingya people. Expressing his satisfaction at the excellent bilateral relations between the two countries, he hoped that the two countries would celebrate the 50th year of the establishment of diplomatic relations next year with fervour, in a befitting manner.