United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appealed to Myanmar authorities to end violence in the country’s Rakhine state. He yesterday warned that violence was creating a situation that can destabilize the region.
Mr Guterres told reporters that he had written to the UN Security Council to express his concern and propose steps to end the violence.
The latest violence in Myanmar’s northwestern Rakhine state began on 25th of last month, when Rohingya insurgents attacked dozens of police posts and an Army base.
The ensuing clashes and a military counter-offensive have killed at least 400 people and triggered the exodus of villagers to Bangladesh.
Rohingya crisis being distorted by misinformation: Suu Kyi
Myanmar’s de-facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi has claimed that the crisis in Rakhine state is being distorted by a huge iceberg of misinformation. In her first comments on the latest Rohingya crisis, she said tensions were being fanned by fake news promoting the interests of terrorists.
Ms Suu Kyi made the comments in a phone call with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. More than 123,000 Rohingya have fled Myanmar for Bangladesh in two weeks.
The latest government statement, carried by local media, said Ms Suu Kyi told Mr Erdogan that her government had already started defending all the people in Rakhine in the best way possible.