<p>Lauding Bangladesh for providing shelter to displaced Rohingya Muslims, India on Monday said it is committed to offering the fullest support for any mutually-acceptable solution that will enable the earliest possible return of the refugees to their homes in Myanmar's Rakhine state and lead to a life of dignity.</p>.<p>Bangladesh is home to nearly a million Rohingya including 740,000 who fled a military crackdown in Rakhine state in August 2017 that the UN has called ethnic cleansing.</p>.<p>Addressing a seminar in Dhaka on 'Bangladesh & India: A Promising Future', Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said India was deeply appreciative of the spirit of humanism that motivated Bangladesh to offer shelter to nearly one million displaced people.</p>.<p>"And we fully recognise and sympathise with the enormous burden that you are facing. We are committed to offering the fullest support for any mutually-acceptable solution that will enable the earliest possible return of displaced persons to their homes in Rakhine state and to a life of dignity," he said.</p>.<p>"This should be done in a manner that is safe secure and sustainable," Shringla said.</p>.<p>Shringla said India has provided five tranches of aid to the camps in Cox's Bazar area through the government of Bangladesh and are prepared to do more.</p>.<p>Cox's Bazar is the area where nearly a million Rohingya live in camps after many fled Myanmar.</p>.<p>Buddhist-majority Myanmar has denied citizenship to Rohingya since 1982, effectively rendering them stateless.</p>.<p>It does not recognise Rohingya as an indigenous ethnic group and insists they are Bangladeshi migrants living illegally in the country.</p>.<p>Myanmarese President U Win Myint last week visited India during which the two sides signed 10 agreements with a focus on the socio-economic development of the southeast Asian nation's conflict-torn Rakhine state. </p>
<p>Lauding Bangladesh for providing shelter to displaced Rohingya Muslims, India on Monday said it is committed to offering the fullest support for any mutually-acceptable solution that will enable the earliest possible return of the refugees to their homes in Myanmar's Rakhine state and lead to a life of dignity.</p>.<p>Bangladesh is home to nearly a million Rohingya including 740,000 who fled a military crackdown in Rakhine state in August 2017 that the UN has called ethnic cleansing.</p>.<p>Addressing a seminar in Dhaka on 'Bangladesh & India: A Promising Future', Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said India was deeply appreciative of the spirit of humanism that motivated Bangladesh to offer shelter to nearly one million displaced people.</p>.<p>"And we fully recognise and sympathise with the enormous burden that you are facing. We are committed to offering the fullest support for any mutually-acceptable solution that will enable the earliest possible return of displaced persons to their homes in Rakhine state and to a life of dignity," he said.</p>.<p>"This should be done in a manner that is safe secure and sustainable," Shringla said.</p>.<p>Shringla said India has provided five tranches of aid to the camps in Cox's Bazar area through the government of Bangladesh and are prepared to do more.</p>.<p>Cox's Bazar is the area where nearly a million Rohingya live in camps after many fled Myanmar.</p>.<p>Buddhist-majority Myanmar has denied citizenship to Rohingya since 1982, effectively rendering them stateless.</p>.<p>It does not recognise Rohingya as an indigenous ethnic group and insists they are Bangladeshi migrants living illegally in the country.</p>.<p>Myanmarese President U Win Myint last week visited India during which the two sides signed 10 agreements with a focus on the socio-economic development of the southeast Asian nation's conflict-torn Rakhine state. </p>