Myanmar says Bangladesh not helping refugee return

Minister says Myanmar will take back all Rohingya and provide resident certificates

Myanmar Union Minister for the Office of the State Counsellor, Kyaw Tint Swe, speaks during 25 th international conference on The Future of Asia on May 31, in Tokyo. (Photo by Yuki Nakao)

P PREM KUMAR, Nikkei staff writer

May 31, 2019 16:23 JST

TOKYO -- Bangladesh is not cooperating in Myanmar's efforts to repatriate and provide residence cards to all refugees who fled its western region, a senior Myanmar official told a conference here on Friday.