Bangladesh raises Rohingyas issue during talks between Modi & Hasina

Bangladesh raised the issue of Rohingyas during the talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Sheikh Hasina, government sources said on Saturday.

India said Bangladesh has undertaken a heroic task to facilitate the displaced, adding that India is doing all it can and also providing socio-economic support to them and has already spent Rs 120 crores in aid to help the displaced.

New Delhi, however, conveyed to Dhaka that there is a need to recognise greater effort to persuade the displaced that it was in their interest to go back as it is not sustainable to live in such conditions for a protracted period.

Prime Minister Shiekh Hasina briefed her Indian counterpart about her government's efforts to persuade the Rohingya refugees.

Sources added that Bangladesh also raised the NRC issue. Government sources said it was pointed out that it is an ongoing process and "we have to see how situation emerges."

The bilateral discussions between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina were good and clear and there was no disagreement, government sources added.

( With inputs from ANI )