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Rangoon asks for list of Rohingyas

Burma agrees to talk tomorrow

By Staff Correspondent
Burmese government has finally responded to Bangladesh's peace initiative and agreed to sit for talks.
Foreign Ministry sources said that the government of Burma (Mayanmar) yesterday conveyed its decision to attend the proposed flag meeting with the Bangladesh side on Tuesday at the Maungdu township to discuss the crisis arising out of the cross border attack of the Burmese border guards on a BDR outpost on December 21.
Two Bangladeshi citizens, irfeiuding a BDR man, were killed in the surprise attack
and another 22 were Injured.
Tension has since been prevailing along the 176-mlle Bangladesh-Burma border.
The Ministry sources said that Mayanmar Foreign Minister U Ohu Cyaw conveyed Yangon's (Rangoon) decision to attend the proposed flag meeting to the Bangladesh Ambassador Mostafa Farooq Muhammad.
The proposed meeting, scheduled to begin at nine in the morning tomorrow, will be participated by the local border guards commanders of both thcxcountries.
Earlier, Bangladesh had
twice proposed for meeting and set dates but the Burmese authorities had expressed their inability to attend.
The positive response came after Bangladesh had made .the offer for the third time.
The Burmese envoy, U Soc Myint, was summoned thrice to the Foreign Ministry since the Burmese attack. Bangladesh s strong reaction over Burma's continued indifference to the talks offers was conveyed to the ambassador.
The Mayanmar ambassador left Dhaka for the Burmese capital Sunday for consultations with the Burmese gov-
ernment. Foreign Ministry sources and embassy officials said.
They said the envoy, who is scheduled to return to Dhaka on January 2, will also visit the BDR outpost at Rijupara of Bandarban district
His helicopter trip has been okayed by the Burmese gov emment, the source* added.
UNB adds : Burmese authorities have requested Dhaka to submit '’sts of the Rohingya Muslims fleeing that country into bordering areas of Bangladesh
Foreign Ministry officials quoted Burmese authorities as saying a » rtfal list would enable them a start repatriation process.
In official count, about 20,000 Rohigyas have taken refugee In Bangladesh, alleging repression by the Burmese troops. Unofficial reports, however, put the number of refugees offer 50,000. as the influx continued.
During Foreign Minister ASM Mostafizur Rahman's tour to Yangon (Rangoon) Iasi month. Burma agreed to take back Its citizens.
BSS says : The Myanmar authorities deployed five brt-gradcs of army personnel In Duchlgd ng and Maundaw in Myanma-, about 20 km (12 mtlcs) from Teknaf in Bangladesh.
Our Staff Correspondent from Chittagong adds : Reports received from across the border said that normal life In the bordering villages In Burmese territoiy had come to a halt because .of the continued Burmese military build-up. The influx of Burmese Muslims into Bangladesh continued till Sunday.
In the port city several political and professional groups expressed their grave concern over the amassing of troops along the Bangladesh border.
Chilli gong Bar Association and the city unit of Awami League held separate meetings at their respective offices Sunday where speakers condemned the Burmese attack on the BDR outpost.
They also urged the government to raise the issue in the international forunrtndlud-ing the United Nations. SAARC and the OIC, Chittagong Bar Association also sent a note of protest to the Burmese embassy in Dhaka resenting the