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Myanmar to take back Rohingyas after signing MoU: Suu kyi

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Update: 2017-11-14 04:19:31
Myanmar to take back Rohingyas after signing MoU: Suu kyi Myanmar to take back Rohingyas after signing MoU: Suu kyi

Myanmar will take back Rohingyas, who had fled into Bangladesh, after the two countries sign a memorandum of understanding, said Myanmar de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi to her fellow ASEAN leaders.

Suu Kyi assured her fellow Southeast Asian leaders who are gathered in Manila that Myanmar was already taking steps to address the plight of the Rohingya people, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said on Monday, reports Philippine daily inquirer. 

Roque said Ms. Suu Kyi gave the assurance during the plenary session of the Asean (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) summit here after two unnamed Asean leaders raised the matter.

“I can confirm that the Rohingya issue was discussed. It was specifically brought up by two member states,” Roque said in a press briefing.

He did not identify the two Asean leaders who raised the issue of the Rohingyas during the plenary session at the Philippine International Convention Center.

Myanmar specifically addressed the Rohingya issue. Myanmar specifically said…they are in the process of attending the Kofi Annan report (and that) they welcome humanitarian assistance,” Roque said.

A commission headed by former United Nations chief Kofi Anan in August released a report that called on Myanmar to scrap the restrictions on the movement of citizenship of persecuted Muslim Rohingya.

The report was release before the violence broke out in Myanmar’s Rakhine state which led 600,000 Rohingyas to flee to Bangladesh.

“The process of repatriation of IDPs (internally displaced persons) will conclude within three weeks after a signing of a memorandum of agreement for understanding with Bangladesh,” Roque said.

The violence began after Rohingya insurgents attacked police outposts and a military base in Rakhine state. The violence that ensued saw hundreds of Rohingyas killed, their villages burned down, while thousands fled across the border to Bangladesh.

BDST: 1525 HRS, NOV 14, 2017
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