In a press conference at the Peace Palace on Monday, after the the signing of 11 agreements regarding cooperation between Bangladesh and Cambodia, Madam Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of Bangladesh, has requested support from Prime Minister Hun Sen to find «durable» solution to the Rohingya crisis.
Madam Hasina also said that whatever the problem was, Bangladesh is committed to provide shelter to around 700,000 Rohingya people fleeing atrocity in Myanmar's Rakhine State. To her, Bangladesh would also continue to negotiate with the Burmese government for the Rohingya to safely return to their homes in Myanmar.
"As we continue our bilateral negotiation with Myanmar for the Rohingya to safely return back to their homeland, I request Prime Minister Hun Sen for his support of a durable solution of the crisis," said Madam Hasina.
In response, Prime Minister Hun Sen said that he would discuss with the leaders of other countries in the ASEAN community to find solution to the Rohingya crisis. However, the premier hoped that Bangladesh and Myanmar would find a solution for the Rohingya to return to their homes in Myanmar.
"We would not forget to discuss [with ASEAN member countries] the issue relating to the unnumbered refugees who became a heavy burden for Bangladesh to deal with [...] We will discuss together regarding the efforts for a repatriation to take place. And hopefully, both countries - Bangladesh and Myanmar - would find a solution allowing people to return to their motherland," said Prime Minister Hun Sen.
Concerning this issue, Mr. Derek Mitchell, former US Ambassador to Myanmar, previously told reporters that to many countries around the world, Rohingya people are the world’s most persecuted minority living in Rakhine state in Myanmar since long time ago, some say since centuries ago. But, to the Burmese government and other Burmese people, « the Rohingya» are people from Bangladesh who came to live illegally in Rakhine state since long time ago.
"We in the international community see the Rohingya as innocent people who just want to call themselves a name and who are uniquely abused for it. And, of course, it’s true they are largely innocent and uniquely abused. But to people in Myanmar, the name suggests something much more," said Ambassador Derek Mitchell.
The fact is «Rohingya» people are Muslim and speak Bengali like most people living in Bangladesh. In contrast, 88 percent of people living in Myanmar speak Burmese and they are Buddhist.
In September, Dr. Sok Touch, president of the Royal Academy of Cambodia, asked Madame Saida Muna Tasneem, Ambassador of Bangladesh to Thailand and Cambodia, to invite Prime Minister Hun Sen to share his experiences with Bangladesh and Myanmar in order to find solution to the Rohingya issue.
Regarding this issue, an anonymous political analyst said that peace in Cambodia was achieved by integrating the former Khmer Rouge rebels into Cambodian society. Likewise, the Rohingya problem could be also solved by integrating Rohingya people into Burmese society by providing them Burmese citizenship.
He also said that wherever «Rohingya» people come from, the «INTEGRATION» is still a strong possibility to solve Rohingya problem, due to the fact that «Rohingya» people used to live in complete harmony with other Burmese people since Burma became independent from British rule in 1948. The problem has arose only when Burma’s junta passed a law in 1982 to prohibit «Rohingya» people from being Burmese citizen.
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