Foreign Secretary M Shahidul Haque on Saturday said the Rohingya crisis might become a security issue in the region, and Bangladesh remains engaged internationally to find a peaceful solution as early as possible.

‘We will continue to build pressure (on Myanmar). We are going everywhere. We are going to all countries (you mentioned),’ he told a dialogue on Rohingya issue in a city hotel, reports the UNB.

He said Bangladesh is doing whatever possible to find a solution to the crisis which lies within Myanmar.

‘We have a very articulated policy,’ Foreign Secretary Haque said adding that they are intensifying diplomatic efforts through multilateral and international forums and international bodies.

Earlier, the speakers laid emphasis on intensifying diplomatic efforts through multilateral and international forums to end the crisis.

They sought steps to set up a separate desk at the Foreign Ministry to deal with Russia, China and India on Rohingya issue.

Cosmos Foundation arranged the dialogue on ‘Domestic, Regional and International Dimensions of the Rohingya Issue: Dealing with a Man-made Crisis’ to highlight the issue and offer some solutions to the crisis.

A panel of experts, including CR Abrar of Dhaka University, major general (retd.) Muniruzzaman of the Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security Studies, and Shahedul Anam Khan of The Daily Star.

The workshop was chaired by Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury, a former foreign affairs advisor to the caretaker government and principal research fellow at the Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS) in Singapore.

Cosmos Foundation chairman Enayetullah Khan delivered welcome speech.