WASHINGTON (AP) — The
United States is calling on both Burma and neighboring Bangladesh to help the
victims of recent communal violence in western Burma that left scores dead and
thousands displaced.
Assistant secretary of state for human rights and
democracy, Michael Posner, said Thursday the governments of both countries were
obligated “to ameliorate this very challenging situation.”
Bangladesh has turned back more than 2,000 ethnic
Rohingyas this month who tried to enter the country after clashes between
Rohingyas and ethnic Rakhine Buddhists in Burma.
Posner said the U.S. has urged Bangladesh to open its
borders in accordance with its international obligations under a refugee
convention.
He said Washington was also very concerned about 15,000
people displaced inside Burma’s Rakhine state.
Posner was responding to a question submitted during a
live webcast.
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