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The first-ever meeting of the newly formed technical level ad-hoc Task Force for Verification of the Displaced Persons from Rakhine was held on Thursday virtually between Bangladesh and Myanmar. It is the first meeting held almost one year after a scheduled tripartite working group meeting among Bangladesh, China, and Myanmar scheduled forBangladesh-Myanmar hold the first meeting of a task force to identify Rohingya refugees from Rakhine The first-ever meeting of the newly formed technical level ad-hoc Task Force for Verification of the Displaced Persons from Rakhine was held on Thursday virtually between Bangladesh and Myanmar. It is the first meeting held almost one year after a scheduled tripartite working group meeting among Bangladesh, China, and Myanmar scheduled for February 4 last year were postponed due to the military takeover of the civilian government in Myanmar. In this meeting, both sides expressed the readiness to continue working closely to address the reasons causing a delay in the verification of the past residency of the displaced people in the Rakhine province of Myanmar, said a press release issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA), Bangladesh. Bangladesh representative at the talks, Shah Rizwan Hayat, Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner (RRRC) expressed disappointment over the slow pace of verification of past residency by Myanmar and offered all cooperation under the three bilateral instruments, to expeditiously complete the verification process. The Bangladesh representative said that solving difficulties and gaps in pending verification will pave the way for the early commencement of the sustainable repatriation of the displaced people of Rakhine which also demands the creation of a conducive environment in Rakhine and confidence-building among them.
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