Bangladeshi Islamist Party Proposes Independent Rohingya State in Myanmar’s Rakhine

DHAKA—Bangladesh’s largest Islamist political party, Jamaat-e-Islami, has proposed to China the creation of an independent Rohingya state in Myanmar’s Rakhine State.

The proposal was put forward during a meeting with a visiting delegation from the Communist Party of China (CPC) in Dhaka on Sunday, according to a statement issued by Jamaat.

No comment from the visiting Chinese political party delegation was available following what the Jamaat termed a “party-to-party” meeting.