Dhaka, March 15 -- General Antonio Guterres on Saturday said the Arakan Army is an entity with which he believes a "necessary dialogue must take place" but stressed that it would be "extremely difficult" to have an immediate "dignified return" of the Rohingya refugees amid heavy fighting between the Myanmar Army and Arakan Army.

"I think it is important to engage with the Arakan Army in order for full respect of the rights of the Rohingya population in Rakhine," he said while responding to a question at a joint media briefing with Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain.

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