Bangladesh, July 24 -- Dhaka has called upon ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) participants to collectively support efforts to create conducive conditions in Myanmar to facilitate repatriation of over 1.3 million Rohingya to their homeland in Rakhine State.City & Local Guides

Advertisement Foreign Minister Dr Khalilur Rahman made the call Thursday while addressing the 33rd ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Ministerial Meeting in Manila.

He made it clear for all that the "Rohingya are not stateless people by circumstance -- they are stateless by design. It is a political failure demanding a political solution".

Referring to his upcoming presidency of the 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly, the foreign minister stressed that global c...