The next summit of the BIMSTEC is likely to take place in Kathmandu later this year and Bangladesh is likely to use the opportunity to slam Myanmar for the atrocities on the Rohingyas. Reuters File Photo
The exodus of Rohingya from Myanmar to Bangladesh seems to be casting a shadow on India’s efforts to add new momentum to the BIMSTEC.
As a large number of Rohingya took refuge in Bangladesh in the wake of the latest wave of violence against the community at the Rakhine state in western Myanmar, the strains in Dhaka’s relations with Nay Pyi Daw is now worrying India.
What New Delhi is concerned over is the implication of the worsening relations between Nay Pyi Daw and Dhaka over its efforts to breathe fresh life into the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation or the BIMSTEC, which has both Myanmar
and Bangladesh as its members.
The next summit of the BIMSTEC is likely to take place in Kathmandu later this year and Bangladesh is likely to use the opportunity to slam Myanmar for the atrocities on the Rohingyas.
Dhaka has already conveyed to New Delhi that it would step up the attack on Nay Pyi Daw in all international forums, including the BIMSTEC, unless Suu Kyi Government takes back the Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh and ensure security, dignity and citizenship rights for them in Myanmar, sources told DH.
She recently alleged that Myanmar Army was laying landmines along the
country’s border with Bangladesh.