The identities of 426,545 people on a list of 828,824 submitted by Bangladesh to Myanmar at the end of July were verified. Myanmar said 308,797 of those people were former residents of Rakhine State.
According to the statement, the return of former residents of Rakhine to Myanmar will depend on improved security conditions in the region. It said cooperation with Bangladesh would continue throughout the repatriation process.
The return process is important for Rohingya Muslims who have been living in camps in Bangladesh since August 2017.
Years-long crisis in Rakhine
Clashes broke out between Buddhists and Muslims in Myanmar's Rakhine State in 2012. Thousands of people, most of them Muslims, were killed in the violence, while hundreds of homes and businesses were set on fire.
After coordinated attacks were carried out on border posts in Rakhine on Aug. 25, 2017, the Myanmar army and Buddhist nationalists launched acts of mass violence.
More than 900,000 Rohingya fled to Bangladesh
According to United Nations data, more than 900,000 people fleeing persecution and abuses in Rakhine sought refuge in Bangladesh after August 2017.
International human rights organizations documented the destruction of hundreds of villages in Rakhine based on satellite imagery. The United Nations and international human rights organizations describe the violence against Rohingya Muslims as "ethnic cleansing" or "genocide".