Dhaka: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday urged India to put more pressure on Myanmar to take back their over one million Rohingya refugees living in Bangladesh.

‘We want India to put more pressure on Myanmar…,’ she said during a meeting with visiting Indian Foreign Secretary Vijay Keshav Gokhale at her Sangsad Bhaban office.

PM’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim briefed reporters after the meeting, reports the UNB.

Gokhale said India is well aware of Bangladesh’s problems due to the arrival of Rohingya refugees. ‘We shall continue to urge Myanmar to take back Rohingyas,’ he said.

Gokhale also informed Sheikh Hasina that their Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants to fulfill all the commitments he made to Bangladesh.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina mentioned that Bangladesh and India have resolved many problems successfully through discussions.  

‘Now one problem needs to be resolved,’ Hasina said adding that she is hopeful of settling the Teesta issue, too.