The search and repatriation of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts' remains who lost their lives in Laos during wartime have always been prioritised by the two countries’ parties, governments.
Kuwaiti Ambassador to the United Nations Mansour al-Otaibi has said that the UN Security Council will press Myanmar to ensure that Rohingya who fled the country can return home in safety and freedom.
A ceremony to repatriate remains of US servicemen missing in action during the war in Vietnam took place at Da Nang international airport on April 15, according to the Foreign Ministry.
Myanmar Social Welfare Minister Win Myat Aye said Rohingya refugees will return to Myanmar as early as possible although the repatriation process is stagnating and the UN warned that their safety is not ensured.
Bangladesh has signed an agreement with the United Nations (UN) on the repatriation of Rohingya Muslim back to Myanmar’s Rakhine state, said Bangladesh’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam on February 12.
Senior officials from Myanmar and Bangladesh met on January 15 in Nay Pyi Taw to discuss how to settle issues over the repatriation of Rohingya refugees to Myanmar.
A ceremony was held at Noi Bai International Airport in the capital city of Hanoi on December 13 to repatriate remains of US servicemen who died during the war in Vietnam.
Myanmar and Bangladesh have discussed measures to ensure safety for the repatriation of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya who have fled to Bangladesh from Myanmar in recent times.
A ceremony was held at Da Nang International Airport in the central city of Da Nang on June 18 to repatriate remains of US servicemen who died during the war in Vietnam.
Authorities of Cambodia’s Kampong Chhnang province and Vietnam’s Military Zone 9 held a ceremony to repatriate remains of 24 Vietnamese voluntary soldiers and experts who died in Cambodia on May 16.
The central province of Thanh Hoa held a ceremony on May 11 to re-bury 21 sets of remains of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts repatriated from Laos.
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has called for renegotiations with the US on a crime repatriation agreement that the two countries signed 15 years ago.
Cambodia told the US on April 25 that it will no longer accept convicted felons with Cambodian heritage being deported to the country and wants to amend the repatriation agreement.
A repatriation ceremony for three sets of remains believed to belong to US servicemen listed as Missing in Action (MIA) during the war in Vietnam took place at Da Nang international airport on April 2
Eight single graves and a mass grave filled with soldiers who died during wars against the French and US have been found in the southern province of Dong Nai so far this year.
The remains of 98 voluntary soldiers who died in Cambodia while saving the neighbouring country from genocide have been found and repatriated, according to Col. Nguyen Thanh Binh.
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