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News No. 96/2010, April 13, 2010
Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dr. Dipu Moni on 11 April said “Bangladesh does not have any indigenous population.” reports Bangladesh Sangbad Sangsta (BSS).
It said: “Foreign Minister Dr Dipu Moni today (11 April) clarified the government position on ethnic minority groups in Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) and elsewhere of the country saying Bangladesh does not have any “indigenous population” as meant in the UN jargon.
“Bangladesh rather has several ethnic minorities and tribal population living in all parts of Bangladesh, in harmony with the Bengalee population,” she said as outgoing UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative in Dhaka Renata Lok-
Dessallien called on her.
Moni added that Bengalees are not “settlers in Bangladesh and that our situation could not be compared with those in some western countries”.
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