Border Guard Bangladesh have been put on alert so that noone from Myanmar can enter Bangladesh territory

Tribune Report

September 3, 2022 10:32 PM

Bangladesh is following the situation in Myanmar followingthe second border violation by Myanmar security forces in a week, ForeignMinister AK Abdul Momen said yesterday.

“Violence is going on inside Myanmar. We have sealed theborder. No matter how much Myanmar continues its provocation, we will not allowanyone to enter Bangladesh through the border,” he said.

Border Guard Bangladesh have been put on alert so that noone from Myanmar can enter Bangladesh territory, the foreign minister added.

He said that regular talks with the Myanmar junta wereongoing, and Bangladesh had been assured that there would be no incidents.

“We are observing the situation,” said the minister.

Meanwhile, state minister for foreign affairs Shahriar Alamtold the media that the foreign ministry would issue a strong formal protestregarding the border violations today.

The Myanmar security forces orchestrated a series of fierceattacks from fighter planes and helicopters inside Bangladesh territory inBandarban yesterday morning. Another helicopter belonging to Myanmar air forceshad entered Bangladesh airspace on August 30.

Myanmar news portals reported that the military junta hadused Bangladesh airspace to attack the Arakan Army (AA) with its helicopters.

On August 28, Myanmar's Border Guard Police (BGP) lobbed atleast three mortar shells at the border in Bandarban’s Naikhongchhari. Theincident created panic among locals and Rohingyas, and Myanmar ambassador toBangladesh Aung Kyaw Moe was summoned to the forign ministry over the matter.

Fierce fighting between Myanmar’s security forces and AA hasbeen raging since the middle of August, after the AA reportedly conducted anoffensive against the Myanmar junta along the border.