China committed to solving Rohingya crisis: Liu Jianchao

China is committed to resolving Rohingya crisis and they are working with Myanmar to figure out how to improve the situation regarding Rohingya issue, said Liu Jianchao, Minister of International Department of the Communist Party of the country.

He said this during a courtesy call with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the latter’s Jatiyo Sangsad Bhaban Office on Monday (June 24) evening.

After the call on, Prime Minister’s Press Secretary Md Nayeemul Islam Khan briefed reporters.

While briefing reporters after the call on, Prime Minister’s Press Secretary Md Nayeemul Islam Khan quoted Sheikh Hasina as saying, “It (Rohingya crisis) is very much frustrating and worrying for us.”  

He said that the premier told the Chinese minister that “It’s a special message (from myself) to convey to the Chinese President (for an amicable solution of Rohingya crisis).”

She also requested the minister to do something with own and extra interest for it, he added.

Seeking Chinese support to solve the Rohingya crisis quickly, she said, “Bangladesh is now very much worried about Rohingya crisis due to uncertainty of solution as it has already been six years of influx of the forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals to Bangladesh.”

Referring to the foreign policy of Bangladesh “friendship to all, malice to none”, the Prime Minister said that her country is firmly committed to this foreign policy introduced by Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

She said the main motto of their politics is development and up-gradation of the country’s mass people as well as ensure their food security, houses, education and increase of purchasing power.

Talking to the next visit of Sheikh Hasina in China in the next month, the visiting Minister of International Department of the Communist Party of China Liu Jianchao said that it would further strengthen the extraordinary friendship between the two countries. “This visit will further cement our relationship.”

He was overwhelmed with the unprecedented development of Bangladesh.

The Chinese Minister said that his country is interested to enhance between the two countries in science, technology, innovation and Artificial Intelligence.

Ambassador-at-large Mohammad Ziauddin and Principal Secretary M Tofazzel Hossain Miah, among others, were present.