Leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) discussed many international and regional issues at a retreat session within the framework of the 34th ASEAN Summit in Bangkok, Thailand, on June 23.
Foreign ministers from the 10 Southeast Asian Nations will seek a "comprehensive and durable" solution to Rohingya people crisis in Myanmarin an informal meeting in Thailand’sChiang Mai later this month.
The United Nations (UN) and Myanmar on June 6 signed an agreement enabling the UN to approach and join hands in dealing with the crisis in Rakhine state and returning Rohingya refugees.
Myanmar has decided to establish an independent commission of inquiry as part of its initiative to achieve reconciliation, peace and development in the western state of Rakhine, according to an announcement of the President's Office.
Myanmar and India inked seven cooperation agreements and memorandums of understanding during Indian Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj’s official visit to Myanmar on May 10-11.
Bangladesh has signed an agreement with the United Nations (UN) on the repatriation of Rohingya Muslim back to Myanmar’s Rakhine state, said Bangladesh’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam on February 12.
Myanmar and Bangladesh will hold a ministerial meeting to discuss the humanitarian crisis faced by thousands of Rohingya Muslims, according to an announcement at the end of the 13th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Foreign Ministers’ Meeting on November 21.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has urged the Governments of Bangladesh and Myanmar resolve the Rohingya crisis through bilateral negotiations instead of an international initiative.
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said he would not yet push for sanctions against Myanmar over the Rohingya crisis, but called for an investigation into the instability in the country.
Canada has set up a crisis relief fund to support the most vulnerable people in Myanmar, announced Canadian Minister of International Development and La Francophonie Marie-Claude Bibeau.
At least 18,500 Rohingya in Rakhine state of Myanmar have fled into Bangladesh in the last six days since fighting broke out between government military and insurgents.
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