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Friday, October 23, 2020

Rohingya crisis among worst tragedies in modern times, senior Turkish diplomat says

DAILY SABAH

DAILY SABAH WITH AA ISTANBUL
Diplomacy
Oct 21, 2020

Rohingya refugee children sit on relief supplies at Kutupalong refugee camp in Ukhia, Bangladesh, Oct. 15, 2020. (AFP Photo)


The Rohingya crisis is among the gravest tragedies in modern times, a senior Turkish diplomat said Tuesday.

In a ministerial committee meeting on the persecuted Muslim group held by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Deputy Foreign Minister Yavuz Selim Kıran underlined that the U.N. Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the matter had recorded incidents in Myanmar involving "genocidal intentions."