March 12, 2021
The Rohingya people have faced widespread persecution in Myanmar. (File/Reuters)
- Kingdom’s UN delegation calls for intensifying international efforts to solve Rohingya crisis
LONDON: Saudi Arabia said it is following the suffering of the Rohingya Muslim minority and other minorities in Myanmar with “great concern.”
The comments were made during a UN Human Rights Council meeting with UN Special Rapporteur on Myanmar Tom Andrews.
“The situation of the Rohingya minority is one of the most important issues that the Kingdom pays great attention to,” said Mohannad Al-Basrawi, the human rights department head of the Kingdom’s permanent UN delegation in Geneva.