Dhaka, Dec. 8 -- Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming on Thursday said China hopes that the repatriation of displaced Rohingya people will start next year.

The outgoing Chinese Ambassador expressed the expectation when he paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the latter's official residence Ganabhaban this morning, reports UNB.

PM's Deputy Press Secretary KM Shakhawat Moon briefed reporters after the meeting.

"They (China) expressed hope that that the return of Rohingyas to their own country would start within the next year," he said.

In this regard, the premier said Bangladesh has been giving shelter to the forcibly displaced Rohingya people on humanitarian grounds. But they are now burden on Bangladesh for va...