Chinese ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen on Thursday said his country is not involved in the issue of humanitarian corridor through Bangladesh to the Rakhine State initiated by the United Nations to provide assistance to the conflict zone of Myanmar.
He, however, said that China would not give up its efforts for the repatriation of Rohingyas as more than 12 lakh forcibly displaced people from Myanmar are sheltered in Bangladesh camps.
鈥楥hina is not involved in the issue of humanitarian corridor. It is something initiated by the UN agency to provide assistance to the Rakhine State for the affected people in the conflict. China also believes in sovereignty of a country. We do not interfere in internal affairs of any country,鈥� said the Chinese envoy responding to a question at the country lecture on 鈥楩ive Decades of Bangladesh-China Relations: Towards a New Height鈥�.
The Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies organised the event at its auditorium in the capital city.
Former Dhaka University international relations professor Imtiaz Ahmed delivered the keynote speech on the topic while BIISS chairman AFM Gousal Azam Sarker moderated the discussion.
On April 27, foreign adviser Md Touhid Hossain disclosed Bangladesh鈥檚 position on the UN proposal for providing a humanitarian channel to the Rakhine State of Myanmar facing civil war since 2021.
The adviser said that Bangladesh agreed in principle to provide a humanitarian passage to Rakhine, now being largely controlled by the armed rebel group Arakan Army, in line with a UN proposal that drew repercussions from various quarters, including political parties.
