Bloomberg
Khine Lin Kyaw
22 March 2022,
- Foreign Ministry says ‘never engaged in any genocidal actions’
- Shadow government urges U.S. to refer situation to ICC
Rohingya refugees wait for food distribution at the refugee camp of Balukhali in Bangladesh in Sept. 2017.Photographer: Dominique Faget/AFP/Getty Images
Myanmar’s military government on Tuesday rejected U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s declaration that the Min Aung Hlaing-led military committed genocide against the Rohingya minority in 2016 and 2017.
The Foreign Affairs
Ministry said in a statement that “Myanmar has never engaged in any
genocidal actions” and harbors no “genocidal intent” for any group.
Blinken’s remarks were “politically motivated and tantamount to
interfering in the internal affairs of a sovereign state.”