Foreign secretary-level consultations between Burma and Bangladesh will be held in Dhaka, Bangladesh, tomorrow.

A three-member Burmese delegation led by Deputy Foreign Minister U Maung Myint, is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka today.

According to an official Bangladesh source, the meeting is to be held at the offices of the foreign ministry in Bangladesh. The meeting will start on 29 December and are planned to finish the next day.

The Bangladesh team will be led by Foreign Secretary Mohamed Mizarul Quayes.

Bangladesh is reported preparing to submit some issues for consideration at the meeting, including the improvement of road connectivity, repatriation of Rohingya refugees, improving exports to Burma, and the maritime boundary dispute.

Meanwhile, Burmese Nasaka border security force director-general, General Maung Maung Own, is arriving in Maungdaw on the western Burmese border, but no details about his tour are available. However, it is believed that his trip to Maungdaw is related to the foreign secretary-level meeting in Bangladesh.

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