Dhaka: Burma's Deputy Foreign Minister U Maung Myint is scheduled to visit Bangladesh on 28 December to attend foreign secretary level talks, according to a report from the Bangladesh foreign ministry.

Bangladesh Foreign Secretary Mohamed Mijarul Quayes will receive his Burmese counterpart U Maung Myint for two days of bilateral talks, said the report.

During the meeting, Bangladesh has plans to put pressure on Burma to stop the push of Burmese Muslims across the border.

"We will talk about the repatriation of Rohingya refugees and stopping the pushback by Myanmar," Quayes told reporters at a press briefing at the foreign ministry on Saturday.

"We will stress improving the situation in Myanmar so that the exodus of people stops," the foreign secretary said.

Repatriation of Rohingya refugees has remained a major issue for discussion between the two countries since 1992. The two neighbors, with the help of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, repatriated most of the refugees, but about 29,000 people have refused to return to their homeland in Burma, fearing further oppressive actions by the military there.

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