Blinken: US looking at whether Myanmar treatment of Rohingya is genocide
FILE PHOTO: People walk through a marketplace at a Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, on Wednesday, August 11, 2021 Allison Joyce/Dhaka Tribune
Reuters
Publish : 15 Dec 2021, 02:22 PMUpdate : 15 Dec 2021, 03:30 PM
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday the United States was looking at what additional steps to take against Myanmar's junta and also "actively" looking at whether treatment of the Rohingya Muslim minority might constitute genocide.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives at Subang Airport, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia December 14, 2021 Reuters
He made the comments during a trip to Malaysia, where Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah said US President Joe Biden had invited members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to a summit meeting and the invitation would be discussed by the bloc's foreign ministers on January 19.
Blinken: US looking at whether Myanmar treatment of Rohingya is genocide
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday the United States was looking at what additional steps to take against Myanmar's junta and also "actively" looking at whether treatment of the Rohingya Muslim minority might constitute genocide.
He made the comments during a trip to Malaysia, where Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah said US President Joe Biden had invited members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to a summit meeting and the invitation would be discussed by the bloc's foreign ministers on January 19.
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