Kuwait MPs condemn killing of Muslims in Myanmar

Kuwaiti Shiite Muslim member of Parliament Saleh Ashour

Gulf News:

May 6, 2013

TEHRAN, May 6 (KUNA) -- A Kuwaiti parliamentary delegation partaking in an Asian Parliamentary Assembly (APA) meeting on Monday denounced the killing of Muslims in Myanmar.

"We condemn and denounce the killing, slaying, intimidation and persecution of Muslims in Arakan region in Myanmar," the head of the delegation, MP Saleh Ashour addressed the APA meeting.

He said a Kuwaiti parliamentary team would visit Myanmar by the end of this month in order to have a first-hand look at the violation of the political and human rights and conditions of Muslims in Myanmar.

He highly commended a draft resolution on the fight against terrorism and foreign occupation, which he said ran compatible with the principles and goals of the APA charter, which supports the security, peace and stability of all world peoples in general and Asian peoples in particular.

Ashour stressed the significance of suggested draft resolutions, which reflected the APA's activities, pointing to a draft resolution calling for supporting a Palestinian state and protecting the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people.

On Syria, the Kuwaiti member of parliament said: "Peaceful dialogue involving all the spectra of the Syrian people is the only way to resolve the Syrian crisis, to stem bloodshed and to prevent destruction." He also underlined the importance of establishing friendship and cooperation among Asian countries, considering "the achieving and consolidation of friendship and cooperation a key matter for security, peace and stability in Asia." Meanwhile, the Kuwaiti parliamentary delegation presented a draft resolution to the APA Executive Board meeting on the protection of Muslims in Myanmar.

The document, which was read out by MP Saleh Ashour, called on the international community to take action to stop the serious violation of the Muslim minority's rights in Myanmar.

It also called for immediate humanitarian aid to Muslims in Arakan in Myanmar, especially those living in refugee camps in Bangladesh.

It even condemned a law adopted by the government of Myanmar in 2001 banning the building or restoration of mosques in Myanmar. (end)

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