Necessary medical healthcare and food have been provided" to the passengers at a temporary camp in Maungdaw, he said.
"All of the 208 on board are form Bangladesh," he added, repeating Myanmar's official line that the people are form over the border.
On Thursday the foreign ministers of Malaysia and Indonesia - whose countries are destination points for Rohingya fleeing persecution - met Myanmar officials as pressures mount to stem the migrant exodus from its shores.
Myanmar overcame initial reluctance and agreed to join a regional meeting next week in Thailand to address the crisis.
"We are ready to cooperate with other governments to resolve the ongoing problems through constructive engagement and humanitarian grounds," say Zaw Htay, director of the president's office on thursday.
The decision was made after an invitation letter arrived, he said, nothing it did not imply Myanmar was solely responsible for the crisis or use the word Rohingya - two conditions Myanmar had set for its attending the conference.
Earlier this week, Malaysia and Indonesia relented on a hardline policy of pushing back the boats, and said their nations would accept the migrant for one year, or untill they can be resettled or repatriated with the held of international agencies.
A Us team led by Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken was also in Nay Pyi Taw for talks with Myanmar's president Thein Sein.
In a Facebook post released late on Thursday the US Embassy in Yangon said Mr Blinken had "urged the Myanmar government to work with regional partners" in tacking the crisis.
The United States military, meanwhile, prepared air patrols to step up its involvement yesterday.
The US military said it was preparing to send "maritime aviation patrols thoughout the region",Pentagon spokesman Lt col Jeffrey Pool said.
The Department of Defence "is responding to this crisis and talking this seriously",he said.
Washington has been urging governments in the region to cooperate on search and rescues operations and sheltering the refugees and migrants.
The US has said it was prepared to take a leading role in any multi - country effort organised by the UN refugee agency to resettle the most vulnerable of the refugees in the region. AGENCIES