Dhaka, July 07: Bilateral issues between India and Bangladesh will come up for discussion in the Joint Economic Committee meeting between the two countries here at the end of next week for which external affairs minister Yashwant Sinha is arriving here on July 14. Briefing this to reporters, Bangladesh Foreign Secretary Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury said the two-day meeting which was earlier scheduled to take place on July 19-20, was rescheduled at India`s request and will now be held on July 15-16. Meanwhile, Myanmar foreign minister U Win Aung held an hour long meeting with his Bangladesh counterpart Morshed Khan and called on Prime Minister Begum Khaleda.
He said his country will take back all the 21 thousand Rohinya refugees much to the relief of Bangladesh. UNHCR, the UN body which was overseeing the repatriation of the hapless people already stopped its activities as Myanmar earlier showed reluctance to take back its nationals.
The UN body sort of requested Bangladesh to allow the left over (around 21 thousand Myanmar nationals ) to assimilate themselves with people in Bangladesh .

About of a quarter of million Rohingyas entered Bangladesh in early nineties fleeing the atrocities by military junta in Myanmar.
Chowdhury said in their talks Bangladesh leaders showed their willingness to work together for the property of the two peoples.

Bureau Report