- Published on Sunday, 01 June 2014 23:30
The Myanmar-Bangladesh border
clash will be resolved through diplomatic channel, said director ZawHtay
from the President's Office in a message posted in his Facebook page.
The two countries have reinforced their
respective border forces as tensions escalated following an allegation
that a soldier from Border Guard Bangladesh was shot dead during a clash
on May 28.
"Our border guard force has never
committed a mistake in the incident. They're assumed that insurgents
from the Rohingya Solidarity Organisation were trying to intrude into
our country," said ZawHtay defending Myanmar and rebutting Bangladesh.
After the incident, Bangladesh Foreign
Ministry summoned the Myanmar ambassador to protest the gunfire,
demanding an immediate investigation.
The Bangladesh embassy in Yangon
presented a note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs protesting the
incident and demanding the release of the BGB troop and a thorough
investigation.
Reacting to the protest, the Myanmar
ambassador has already explained about the clash and submitted evidence
to the Bangladesh government.
ZawHtay said the diplomats of the two
countries would work to resolve the incident so as not to cause further
misunderstanding. He added that public anxiety was unwarranted.
45-minute gunfire broke out on the Friday, one day after both sides were trying to discuss about the clash.
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