[Myanmar] Bangladesh Pm Calls For Closer Burma Ties

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Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said her country wants to forge stronger ties with neighboring Burma as reforms in the former pariah state continue, the Dhaka-based Daily Star reported on Tuesday. Speaking to outgoing Burmese ambassador Min Lwin, Hasina expressed satisfaction at the recent settlement of a longstanding maritime boundary dispute and said Bangladesh was keen to import surplus hydro-electric power from Rakhine and Chin states. She also welcomed assurances from President Thein Sein that Burma would resume repatriation of Rohingya refugees.

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