Global consensus is necessary to return to Myanmar. Khalilur Rahman. At the same time, he sought strong cooperation from the international community for the return of the Rohingyas.
He said these things during the session titled ‘Bangladesh at the Crossroads: Governance, Democratic Reforms and Sheikh Hasina’s Next Path’ at the ongoing Doha Forum at the Sheraton Hotel in Doha, Qatar.
At the beginning of this session on the second day of the Doha Forum, following the invitation of the Chief Adviser to the Doha Forum, his 6-minute video message to the organizers and participants was broadcast. The session was attended by Qatar’s Minister of State for Higher Education.
High Representative said in the speech of the chief guest. Khalilur Rahman said that Bangladesh has been sheltering nearly 1.2 million Rohingyas for the past seven years despite hundreds of restrictions due to humanitarian reasons. It is becoming very difficult for Bangladesh to continue without more support from the international community. I insist on forming a global consensus to send the Rohingyas back to their homeland Myanmar as soon as possible. There will be a special UN conference on Rohingya next year. We hope that this conference will help the Rohingyas to return to their country with the help of all the participants.
In his speech, the High Representative of the Chief Adviser highlighted the context of the July-August mass uprising in Bangladesh. He pointed out how the government of fascist Sheikh Hasina carried out brutal killings and shot, injured, crippled and blinded thousands of students to suppress the peaceful movement of students.
After reviewing the history of the development of Bengali Muslim ethnicity over the past centuries, the Bengali independence movement, Pakistan movement, language movement including the development of independent Bangladesh and the people’s rights were not established in post-independence BangladeshHe mentioned in essence.He said, as a result of the July-August revolutionary mass uprising of the students, there is an immense possibility of getting rid of this deception and building the country on the basis of democracy and equality in front of Bangladesh. That potential should be harnessed by reforming the state system. When a child of a farmer, laborer or marginalized people dreams of running the country or that opportunity is created – then we can say good work done, good reforms. The interim government is working towards that goal.
High Representative Dr. also brought up Bangladesh-India issue in his speech. Khalil. He said, “Every day we are subjected to organized lies and baseless propaganda.” He hopes to get more responsible and neighborly cooperation from India in this historic period of transition from fascism to democracy. He expressed hope that the upcoming meeting of the foreign secretaries of the two countries will create an opportunity to take the relationship to a better level based on mutual respect.
In this session, London-based Jagran Foundation chairman Sharif Banna moderated anti-discrimination movement co-coordinator Sajid Mahmud, Soas University of London professor Naomi Hossain, Bangladesh Supreme Court lawyer Cynthia Farid, Institute of Policy Advocacy and Governance chairman Syed Munir KhosruOther panelists spoke as speakers.It was attended by individuals who participated in the Doha Forum, important personalities of the Bangladeshi community living in Qatar, Ambassador of Bangladesh to Qatar Md. Nazrul Islam, embassy officials and Director General of West Asia Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Md. Shafiqur Rahman.