Baku says seriously concerned over Myanmar violence
Azerbaijan is seriously concerned about the ongoing mass violence against Muslims in Myanmar, Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry’s Spokesperson Hikmat Hajiyev said.
“We support the efforts of international community, and in particular the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), to end this violence,” Hajiyev added.
Hundreds have died in violence in the north-western Rakhine state that Myanmar’s military said was triggered by attacks on security forces by insurgents from the Rohingya ethnic minority.
To escape the violence, about 70,000 Rohingya have crossed the Bangladeshi frontier, while scores of desperate people have drowned attempting to cross the Naf, a border river, in makeshift boats.
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