Indonesia Ready to Help Bangladesh on Rohingya Refugees
5 September 2017 22:02 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Dhaka - Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi said on Tuesday the country is ready to ease the burden of Bangladesh in dealing with Rohingya refugees. However, the help is likely to be only humanitarian, not financial.
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"We will continue to discuss what sort of support Indonesia could make to ease the burden of Bangladesh government," Retno told a news conference on September 5, after she met with the Bangladeshi PM and her counterpart in Dhaka.
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Myanmar has come under pressure from countries with large Muslim populations to stop violence against the Muslim Rohingya. At least 400 people were killed and nearly 125,000 fled to Bangladesh in the deadliest bout of violence targeting the minority group in decades.
REUTERS