Press Release
2018/3/21
Japanese Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Horii’s visit to Dhaka (His remarks after the conference with Bangladeshi Foreign Minister Ali)
On March 21st, Japanese Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Iwao Horii had an official conference with Bangladeshi Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali in Dhaka.
Vice-Minister Horii arrived in Dhaka on 21st and is going to go on to visit refugee camps in Cox Bazaar on 22nd. The primary purpose of his visit is to further the repatriation process of Rohingya refugees. He is also visiting Myanmar from 23rd to 24th.
After the official conference on 21st, Vice-Minister Horii commented as follows;
-I am visiting here today followed by FM Kono’s instruction to support the repatriation process based on the agreement between Bangladesh and Myanmar.
-I conveyed the following three points to the Government of Bangladesh.
(1)We highly appreciate Bangladesh government’s efforts for the displaced persons and we welcome the dialogue with Myanmar.
(2)The key is to realize steady and early repatriation in “safe, voluntary and dignified” manner. The involvement of the UN organizations is important. We also value the cooperation between the Government of Bangladesh and UNHCR.
(3)We hope that both governments of Bangladesh and Myanmar continue to closely communicate with each other and that the repatriation will be steadily realized.
-Tomorrow, I will visit the camps in Cox’s Bazar. While overpopulation is widely seen in the camps, the risks of serious natural disasters have been pointed out as the monsoon season approaches. Therefore, promoting the repatriation of displaced persons is needed from the humanitarian perspectives.
-Day after tomorrow, I will visit Myanmar and encourage the government for a much clearer guideline on securing the safety of the displaced persons after the repatriation, organizing the environment of resettlement, verifying the citizenship and so forth by cooperating with UNHCR.
-We would like to closely cooperate with the International Organizations so that our currently processing assistance of 27.3 million US dollars through the International Organizations will be effectively used for both the displaced persons and host communities. Also, the Government of Japan has been implementing assistance amounting to 1.9 million US dollars through the Japanese NGOs that have been working in the camps. Furthermore, on March 9th, we decided to provide an additional 3.45 million US dollars to these NGOs.
Japan will continue to assist efforts of both Bangladesh and Myanmar by closely working with them.
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Vice-Minister Horii arrived in Dhaka on 21st and is going to go on to visit refugee camps in Cox Bazaar on 22nd. The primary purpose of his visit is to further the repatriation process of Rohingya refugees. He is also visiting Myanmar from 23rd to 24th.
After the official conference on 21st, Vice-Minister Horii commented as follows;
-I am visiting here today followed by FM Kono’s instruction to support the repatriation process based on the agreement between Bangladesh and Myanmar.
-I conveyed the following three points to the Government of Bangladesh.
(1)We highly appreciate Bangladesh government’s efforts for the displaced persons and we welcome the dialogue with Myanmar.
(2)The key is to realize steady and early repatriation in “safe, voluntary and dignified” manner. The involvement of the UN organizations is important. We also value the cooperation between the Government of Bangladesh and UNHCR.
(3)We hope that both governments of Bangladesh and Myanmar continue to closely communicate with each other and that the repatriation will be steadily realized.
-Tomorrow, I will visit the camps in Cox’s Bazar. While overpopulation is widely seen in the camps, the risks of serious natural disasters have been pointed out as the monsoon season approaches. Therefore, promoting the repatriation of displaced persons is needed from the humanitarian perspectives.
-Day after tomorrow, I will visit Myanmar and encourage the government for a much clearer guideline on securing the safety of the displaced persons after the repatriation, organizing the environment of resettlement, verifying the citizenship and so forth by cooperating with UNHCR.
-We would like to closely cooperate with the International Organizations so that our currently processing assistance of 27.3 million US dollars through the International Organizations will be effectively used for both the displaced persons and host communities. Also, the Government of Japan has been implementing assistance amounting to 1.9 million US dollars through the Japanese NGOs that have been working in the camps. Furthermore, on March 9th, we decided to provide an additional 3.45 million US dollars to these NGOs.
Japan will continue to assist efforts of both Bangladesh and Myanmar by closely working with them.
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