The Bangladesh consulate in Sittwe, the capital of Rakhine State, has beentemporarily relocated to Yangon.

Bangla foreign minister Dr Hasan Mahmud told reportersin Dhaka on Monday that the consulate was relocated due to the securitysituation.

He also added that all  340 border guard policepersonnel and soldiers, who fled to Bangladesh, will be sent back to Myanmarsoon.

"That's our priority to send them back. Bothsides (Bangladesh and Myanmar) have reached a consensus that they would be sentback,” he revealed.

Myanmar wants to repatriate their security personnel,and efforts are underway to facilitate this process, said Mahmud withoutspecifying a particular date for the initiative.

"I don't want to give any specific date. That'sconfidential as security issues are involved," he asserted.

Earlier, Dhaka summoned the Myanmar ambassador toBangladesh to lodge protests over deaths of two Bangladeshi nationals and alsolanding of Myanmar mortar shells in Bangladesh.