TURKISH PM IN BANGLADESH : ROHINGYA ISSUE ON TOP OF AGENDA
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| Binali Yildirim.-- Reuters photo |
Turkish prime minister Binali Yildirim arrived Dhaka on Monday night on
a two-day official visit at the invitation of his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh
Hasina to discuss Rohingya and other issues.
The Turkish PM is leading a 21-member delegation, including his
daughter Busra Koylubay, chief foreign policy adviser Kerim Uras, deputy prime
minister Bekir Bozdag and deputy foreign minister Ahmet Yildiz, an official
said.
Representatives from a number of organisations, including Disaster and
Emergency Management Authority and the Turkish Red Crescent, are also there in
the delegation.
Foreign minister AH Mahmood Ali received the Turkish prime minster at
Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport upon his arrival at 8:45pm.
State minister for foreign affairs M Shahriar Alam and foreign
secretary M Shahidul Haque were also present.
On Tuesday morning, Yildirim will visit National Martyrs Memorial in
Savar and pay respect to the Liberation War martyrs placing wreaths.
The Turkish prime minister will sign visitors' book and plant a sapling
there.
He will then visit Bangabandhu Memorial Museum in Dhanmondi from 10:40
am to 11:10am. He will sign visitors' book there after placing wreaths and
paying respect to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
The official talks, including signing of a number of deals/MoUs,
between the two countries will be held from 3:00pm to 4:20 pm at the Prime
Minister's Office.
After his meeting with Sheikh Hasina, he will meet president Abdul
Hamid on Tuesday evening.
The prime minister will host banquet, preceded by cultural programme,
in honour of her Turkish counterpart at the Ball Room of Pan Pacific Sonargaon
Hotel at 8:00pm on Tuesday.
He will visit Kutupalang camp in Cox's Bazar on Wednesday to see
Rohingya situation on the ground after his official meetings in Dhaka, including
bilateral meeting, with prime minister Sheikh Hasina.
During the visit, the relations between Bangladesh and Turkey, which is
based on friendship and brotherhood, is expected to be discussed
comprehensively, according to Turkish media.
The Turkish prime minister will leave Bangladesh for home straight from
Cox's Bazar at 2:00pm on Wednesday.
Foreign minister AH Mahmood Ali will see him off at Cox's Bazar
airport.
On September 7, Turkish First Lady Emine Erdogan visited Rohingya camp
and said what is happening in Myanmar's Rakhine State is ‘tantamount togenocide’ and solution to Rohingya crisis lies in Myanmar only.
She also affirmed that the government of Turkey will stand beside the
Rohingyas who have fled to Bangladesh in the face of ethnic cleansing inMyanmar's Rakhine.
The Turkish delegation spent around one hour in the camp and
distributed relief materials among the new arrivals.
Emine Erdogan talked to some of the injured Rohingyas in the camp.
Thousands of Rohingyas were seen on both sides of the road and inside camps
with high hopes that they will get some instant relief materials.
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