Thein Sein made the vow in a meeting with UN leader Ban
Ki-moon at the end of the UN General Assembly summit, where Muslim
leaders have led calls for action to help tens of thousands of
Islamic followers displaced by the unrest.
Ban Ki-moon and Thein Sein discussed the fighting in Arakan “and the immediate and long-term perspectives to promote inter-communal harmony and address the root causes of the tension there,” said UN spokesman Martin Nesirky.
Ban Ki-moon and Thein Sein discussed the fighting in Arakan “and the immediate and long-term perspectives to promote inter-communal harmony and address the root causes of the tension there,” said UN spokesman Martin Nesirky.
“The
president confirmed the country would address the long-term
ramifications of this question,” he said.
President
Thein Sein said in June the government was only responsible for third
generation Rohingyas whose families had arrived before independence
in 1948 and that it was impossible to accept those who had ”illegally
entered” Myanmar.
But,
the Immigration minister U Khin Ye told reporters after third round
peace talk meeting with KNU and Thein Sein government, there are no
illegal entering in Arakan State after investigation and the person
who born in Burma will hold citizen ( red) card as by born citizen
and a persons who live in Burma since long times, we will give their
third generation as citizen.
U
Aung Min said that government had set up an independent commission on
inquiry to investigate the violence between Rakhine Buddhist and
Rohingya Muslims last week.
The
Burmese leader vowed before the UN General Assembly that he would
seek to tackle the problems in Arakan (Rakhine) state.
Meanwhile,
the UN secretary-general yesterday urged the world’s largest
Islamic body to “treat carefully” the issue of the stateless
Muslim Rohingyas in Myanmar because it could affect the reform
process underway in the country,
Rights
groups accused Burmese security forces of killing, raping and
arresting Rohingyas after the riots.
An OIC committee set up to deal with the Rohingya issue met for the first time in New York this week and called for them to be given rights as citizens in Burma.
An OIC committee set up to deal with the Rohingya issue met for the first time in New York this week and called for them to be given rights as citizens in Burma.
Burmese
president is in a tight spot. Concessions towards the Rohingyas could
prove unpopular among the general public, but perceived ill-treatment
risks angering Western countries that have eased sanctions in
response to human rights reforms.
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