<div style="text-align: justify; "><b style="font-size: 1rem;">Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Sunday said the "Road to Makkah" memorandum of understanding has been signed with Saudi Arabia for the purpose of training and data exchange between the law enforcement forces of the two countries.&nbsp;</b><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">This will make it easier for Bangladeshi pilgrims to go to Saudi Arabia for Hajj and Umrah, he said.</div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">The home minister came up with the remarks after a meeting with the visiting deputy minister of interior of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Nasser bin Abdulaziz Al Dawood, held at the Home Ministry on Sunday.</div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">During the meeting, two memorandums of understanding -- 'Security Cooperation' and 'Road to Makkah' -- were&nbsp; signed between Bangladesh and Saudi Arabia. The MoU on security cooperation includes capacity building, skills development and exchange of visits between members of the security forces.</div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">Briefing reporters after the meeting, the home minister said that earlier Bangladeshis had to wait in long queues for the immigration process to go to Saudi Arabia -- for performing Hajj. But from now on, thanks to the 'Road to Makkah' MoU, the process of going to Hajj for Bangladeshis will be completed in Dhaka.</div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">About the Rohingya issue discussed in the meeting, the home minister said that about three lakh Rohingyas are staying in Saudi Arabia. Many of them are carrying Bangladeshi passports. The Saudi government has demanded the renewal of their passports. "We have given them assurance to consider the issue. Besides, we also sought the cooperation of the Saudi government to send the Rohingyas back to Myanmar," the home minister said. UNB</div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>