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DHAKA: Bangladesh has doubts over the US’s pledge to increase Rohingya resettlement, Foreign Minister Dr. Abdul Momen said, adding that repatriation of the persecuted minority group remains a priority for Dhaka.

The South Asian nation has sheltered about 1.2 million Rohingya refugees for the past six years, most of whom sought safety in the neighboring country after fleeing a brutal military crackdown in Myanmar in 2017.

Momen said that many countries had shown interest in taking in the Rohingya throughout the years, but the government had doubts over the realization of such…