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<p>The UK has been clear that an agreement on returning the Rohingya refugees to their
homes in Burma must provide for voluntary, safe and dignified return. I made these
points to the Bangladesh High Commissioner Nazmul Quaunine and Foreign Secretary Shahidul
Haque when they met on 2 November. The Foreign Secretary has spoken to Aung San Suu
Kyi three times since this crisis began, most recently on 21 October, when he urged
her to implement her commitment to ensure the return of refugees. At ASEM (20-21 November)
I met with Minister of Defence U Sein Win, the Chief of Staff to State Counsellor
Aung San Suu Kyi, U Kyaw Tin Swe and the Deputy Foreign Minister U Kyaw Tin and in
each meeting raised the need for early returns. The principle of non-refoulement is
also detailed in the United Nations Security Council Presidential Statement made on
6 November – a statement the UK was instrumental in achieving.</p>
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