Alicia Kearns praises Sheikh Hasina on Rohingya issue

Alicia Kearns MP, the first woman chairperson of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the UK Parliament, praised Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for providing shelter to millions of Rohingya refugees who were persecuted in Myanmar. At the same time, she emphasized increasing international pressure to repatriate Rohingyas to Myanmar.

She expressed her appraisal while speaking in a meeting with the Bangladesh Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr. Hasan Mahmud. High Commissioner of Bangladesh to UK Saida Muna Tasnim and Press Minister Ashekun Nabi Chowdhury attended the meeting.

Information Minister Hasan has been representing Bangladesh at the Parliamentary Security Intelligence Forum (PSIF) conference in London.

In the meeting, Alicia Kearns told the Information Minister that the way Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has given shelter to millions of Rohingya refugees is highly appreciated globally. And we think more work needs to be done to force Myanmar to take back their citizens through pressure from the UN and the international community.

Hasan Mahmud met the Congressman James Hill

Information and Broadcasting Minister Hasan Mahmood met US Congressman James French Hill on the sidelines of the PSIF conference.

In this sideline meeting, he raised the Rohingya situation to the congressman and called for help in increasing international pressure, including the United States, for their speedy repatriation to Myanmar. Congressman James Hill of Arkansas, who has been attending the PSIF conference, said that he will play a role in this matter.

In the evening, the Information Minister and Bangladesh Awami League joint general secretary Dr. Hasan Mahmud discussed the issue of furthering the trade and multi-dimensional relations between the two countries in a meeting with Rushanara Ali MP, president of All Party Parliamentary Group-APPG on Bangladesh.