Myanmar iterates to take back Rohingyas in line with ’92 jt statement

Myanmar government on Tuesday once again made it clear that Myanmar wants to begin the verification and repatriation of Rohingya refugees in line with the Joint Statement between Foreign Ministers of Myanmar and Bangladesh on April 28, 1992.
Clearing its position on the modality of taking back its citizens to Myanmar, the Myanmar government made a statement on its Foreign ministry's website on Tuesday where it said " Myanmar reiterated the commitment made by Myanmar's State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi on September 19, 2017 that Myanmar is ready to begin the verification and repatriation of refugees in line with the Joint Statement between Foreign Ministers of Myanmar and Bangladesh on April 28, 1992."
Myanmar government published the official statement within 24 hours following a visit of its Union Minister for the Office of the State Counsellor, U Kyaw Tint Swe in Dhaka on October 2.
Following the meeting with Tint Swe, Bangladesh's Foreign Minister AHM Mahmood Ali told media that Myanmar agreed to take back its citizen but he did not discuss the issue much.  he said that they even discussd Kofi Annan Commission Report. But the Myanmar government Foreign Ministry did not mention anything on Annan Commission report. The press Release said that "The discussions were held in a friendly and candid manner."
It was recalled that in accordance with the agreed criteria set out in the Joint Statement between Foreign Ministers of Myanmar and Bangladesh on 28 April 1992, a total of 236,495 people of 46,993 households had been repatriated from Bangladesh to Myanmar from September 1992 until July 2005, it said.
"The two Ministers exchanged views on how to resolve the issue of residents from the Rakhine State who have recently crossed over to Bangladesh. The Union Minister expressed his firm conviction that issues arising between two neighbours can be resolved bilaterally, in an amicable manner, taking into consideration the national interests of both countries," it read.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh reiterated the desire of Bangladesh to maintain the traditional friendship between the two neighbouring countries and expressed its position that ARSA is regarded as a common enemy of both Myanmar and Bangladesh and stressed its policy of Zero Tolerance against terrorism, it read.
The Union Minister also referred to the agreement made at the Senior Officials Meeting between Myanmar and Bangladesh held in Yangon on 14 January 2000, in which both sides agreed that, in the case of the repatriation of split families and their left behind family members, this process could be carried out on the presentation of legal documents certified by the Government of Bangladesh.
At the conclusion of the meeting, the Union Minister invited Mahmood Ali to visit Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, with a view to taking forward arrangements with regard to the security of borders, and the verification of those refugees who wish to return to Myanmar according to the criteria agreed to in the Joint Statement of April 1992. The invitation to visit Myanmar was accepted by the Bangladesh Foreign Minister, the release added.