China's help sought to repatriate Rohingya

DHAKA: Bangladesh on Sunday sought China's cooperation in repatriating Rohingya refugees to Myanmar during a visit by Beijing's Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who promised better trade ties, investment and support for infrastructure development in the South Asian nation.

China used its influence in Myanmar to broker a November 2017 agreement to repatriate about 700,000 Rohingya Muslim refugees who fled persecution in the Southeast Asian country in August that year. But despite attempts to send them back, the refugees refused, fearing danger in Myanmar, which was exacerbated by the military's government takeover early last year.